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    SOJA BEAN

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 Asiaplay

    Synonyms:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (parts of "soja 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 ("soja bean" is a member of...):

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

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