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soybean

soybean

57 1.8
A plant grown for its beans used to make food, animal feed, and oil
  • noun
  • /ˈsɔɪˌbiːn/
  • US
translation icon : soja
  • Farmers across the Midwest are increasing their production of soybean to meet rising demand for plant-based proteins.
  • soybean crop
  • grow soybeans
  • a soybean plant

Inflammatory vegetable seed oils like corn oil, soybean oil or canola oil.

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Examples

  • The farm that I grew up on was a corn, soybean, mostly for grains.

  • The government purchased unprecedented quantities of cotton, rice, and soybeans, and extremely large amounts of corn and beans.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We currently own two percent of the soybean market.

  • And not only that, but he was a soybean farmer.

  • Which ones are soybean seed cleaning customers?

  • Soybean is very popular in Japan.

  • Why would anyone want to grow soybeans?

  • We grow soybeans, corn and wheat.

  • Maize area is increasing, soybean area is increasing exponentially.

  • Vegetable oils are canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil.

Synonyms

soy
vssoybean
  • US
68 1.2

A plant that produces edible seeds used for food, oil, and animal feed

is the broader common label used particularly for its harvested seeds
soya
vssoybean
  • UK
1 2.3

A bushy plant that makes beans used for food and oil

is the general everyday name for the same cultivated crop
soja bean
vssoybean
  • UK
2.8

A bushy plant grown for small edible seeds used for food and oil

is the common general name used for that same food and oil crop
soya bean
vssoybean
  • UK
2.4

A plant with seeds used to make food, oil, and animal feed

is the standard common term covering the same seeds and uses
soja
vssoybean
  • UK
8.9

A bushy plant that makes oil-rich seeds used for food and animal feed

focuses more on food and feed use rather than soil improvement
soybean plant
vssoybean
2.9

A plant that makes beans used for food and oil

is the basic name emphasizing the crop and its edible seeds rather than details
Glycine max
vssoybean
  • Specialized
7.3

A plant also called soybean that is grown for edible seeds used for food and oil

is the everyday common name used outside scientific contexts

Compounds

soybean future
  • Specialized
1 7.4

An agreement to buy or sell soybeans later at a set price

1 3.0

A coarse powder made by grinding soybeans used to feed animals or add protein to food

A soybean grown mainly to feed farm animals

A small green bean that you boil or steam and eat from the pod

Powder from ground soybeans used for baking and cooking

A white plant drink made from ground beans and water used instead of cow milk

A light yellow oil from soybeans that people use for cooking

A plant that makes beans used for food and oil

How Mature

soybean
  • US
57 1.8
edamame
4 4.2
bean sprout
4 1.8

Surface Forms

soybean singular
soybeans plural
soya beans plural
soya bean singular

Morphology

soybean = soy + bean (transparent) = soy + bean

A straightforward compound whose meaning 'the bean of the soy plant' is directly recoverable from its parts.

Etymology

The word soybean begins with soy, which comes from the Japanese word shōyu meaning 'soy sauce' because these beans were the source of that sauce. So a soybean is the Asian bean people grow for food and for oil today.