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soy
[ soi ]
/ sɔɪ /
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noun
adjective
made or derived from soybeans or soymilk: soy flour.
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Also especially British, soy·a [sawee-uh] /ˈsɔi ə/ .
Origin of soy
First recorded in 1690–1700; perhaps via Dutch or New Latin soya, soja, from Japanese shōyu, earlier siau-yu, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese jìngyóu “soybean oil”
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