soybean
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soya bean
(US and Canadian), soybean1. an Asian bean plant, Glycine max (or G. soja), cultivated for its nutritious seeds, for forage, and to improve the soil
2. the seed of this plant, used as food, forage, and as the source of an oil
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soybean
[′sȯi‚bēn] (botany)
Glycine max. An erect annual legume native to China and Manchuria and widely cultivated for forage and for its seed.
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