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SOYA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("soya" is a kind of...):
bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)
Meronyms (substance of "soya"):
soyabean oil; soybean oil (oil from soya beans)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soya"):
field soybean (seeds used as livestock feed)
Holonyms ("soya" is a part of...):
Glycine max; soja; soja bean; soy; soya; soya bean; soybean; soybean plant (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)
Holonyms ("soya" is a substance of...):
soy flour; soybean flour; soybean meal (meal made from soybeans)
soy; soy sauce (thin sauce made of fermented soy beans)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Glycine max; soja; soja bean; soy; soya; soya bean; soybean; soybean plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("soya" is a kind of...):
legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)
Meronyms (parts of "soya"):
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))
soy; soya bean; soybean (a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food)
Holonyms ("soya" is a member of...):
genus Glycine; Glycine (genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean)
