soybean

[ soi-been ]

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noun

a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, cultivated globally, with greatest productivity in the United States, where it is grown chiefly for forage and soil improvement.
the seed of this plant, used for food, as a livestock feed, and for a variety of other commercial uses.

Origin of soybean¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; soy + bean

Artis just happened to live beside the soybean field where the 11-year-old was found.

The soybean program is still underway, and is to end this year.

The dogs have been fried in soybean oil until their exterior skin begins to develop a sensuous crunch.

Nix a couple of soybean subsidies and we could have avoided war and just bought the damn country.

But thanks to its patent, Monsanto controls an estimated 90 percent of the soybean market.

While nearly all kinds of grain and vegetables are grown, the one great staple crop of Manchuria is the soybean.

These products are similar to soybean flour but are not so finely ground.

The cowpea trails on the ground, and carries its bacteria more successfully than the soybean.

In cool latitudes the soybean is recognized as distinctly more profitable, making larger yields of vines and of seed.

Probably the large yield of rich seed is the most important feature of the soybean crop.

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