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FIELD SOYBEAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("field soybean" is a kind of...):
soy; soya; soya bean; soybean (the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein))
Holonyms ("field soybean" is a substance of...):
oil cake (mass of e.g. linseed or cottonseed or soybean from which the oil has been pressed; used as food for livestock)