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soja

noun

erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia

• Syn:

↑soy, ↑soya, ↑soybean, ↑soya bean, ↑soybean plant, ↑soja bean, ↑Glycine max

• Hypernyms: ↑legume, ↑leguminous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Glycine, ↑genus Glycine

• Part Meronyms: ↑soy, ↑soybean, ↑soya, ↑soya bean

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I. \\ˈsȯi(y)ə, ˈsōjə, ˈsōyə, ˈsȯyə\

Etymology: New Latin, from Dutch, soybean — more at soya

synonym of apios

II. \\“, dial ˈsōjē or -ōji or -ōdə or -ōdē or -ōdi or -ōə\ noun also soja bean \\“-\; or soia \like soja II\ (-s)

Etymology: Dutch soja

: soybean

Useful english dictionary. 2012.