- a variation of soybean.
soya bean
Britishnoun
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an Asian bean plant, Glycine max (or G. soja ), cultivated for its nutritious seeds, for forage, and to improve the soil
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the seed of this plant, used as food, forage, and as the source of an oil
Etymology
Origin of soya bean
C17 soya, via Dutch soya from Japanese shōyu, from Chinese chiang yu, from chiang paste + yu sauce
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In 1933, Fortune magazine marveled that Ford was “as much interested in the soya bean as he is in the V-8” engine.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Taylor says the buns are handmade in a bakery that handles nuts, the oil the kitchen uses is soya bean vegetable oil and sesame seeds on the buns "cover the entire kitchen".
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
This can indirectly bump up carbon releases because soya bean producers elsewhere scale up to meet US soya demands.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 22, 2022
“There are no organic cotton fields here,” said Dashrath Yadav, a sugar cane and soya bean farmer.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2022
Same as No. 31 but ground in 50% raw linseed oil, 50% soya bean oil.
From Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. Gardner
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