SOYA BEAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soya bean mean? 

• SOYA BEAN (noun)
  The noun SOYA BEAN has 3 senses:

1. a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food

2. 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

3. 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)

  Familiarity information: SOYA BEAN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOYA BEAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

soy; soya bean; soybean

Hypernyms ("soya bean" is a kind of...):

bean (any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans)

Holonyms ("soya bean" 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)

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Glycine max; soja; soja bean; soy; soya; soya bean; soybean; soybean plant

Hypernyms ("soya bean" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Meronyms (parts of "soya bean"):

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 bean" is a member of...):

genus Glycine; Glycine (genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean)

Sense 3

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

soy; soya; soya bean; soybean

Hypernyms ("soya bean" 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 bean"):

soyabean oil; soybean oil (oil from soya beans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soya bean"):

field soybean (seeds used as livestock feed)

Holonyms ("soya bean" 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 bean" is a substance of...):

soy flour; soybean flour; soybean meal (meal made from soybeans)

soy; soy sauce (thin sauce made of fermented soy beans)