soya
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- noun
- /ˈsoʊjə/
- UK
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soja
- Many people enjoy adding soya sauce to their stir-fried vegetables.
- soya bean
- soya foods
- soya protein
Examples
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Major studies have examined the potential role of soya isoflavones in managing hot flushes, since women in Asian countries, where the diet typically contains high amounts of soya, report far fewer hot flushes.
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Amazing what they can make with soya beans these days.
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Thousands of tons of soya come into Lorient and we eventually eat it.
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Reduce the amount of total fat, and choose heart-friendly fats like olive oil, rapeseed, and soya oil.
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The most common of these is cow's milk protein intolerance, but intolerances to soya, wheat, egg, fish, chicken, and rice do occur.
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As well as providing isoflavones, soya foods are naturally low in saturated fat, and the replacement of animal proteins with soya proteins can help to lower overall saturated fat intake.
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To make a creamy dressing, you can use blended soya beans as a base.
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The farmer harvested a large crop of soya to sell for oil production.
Synonyms
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A plant that produces edible seeds used for food, oil, and animal feed
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A plant grown for its beans used to make food, animal feed, and oil
A plant with seeds used to make food, oil, and animal feed
A bushy plant grown for small edible seeds used for food and oil
A plant that makes beans used for food and oil
A bushy plant that makes oil-rich seeds used for food and animal feed
A plant also called soybean that is grown for edible seeds used for food and oil
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word soya comes from an Asian word for 'soy sauce', the Japanese shoyu. Because that sauce is made from the bean, people began to call the plant and its seeds soya, which is why soya means the soy plant and its beans today.