soybean
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.
soybeans
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pluralof soybean.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Put this all together and farmers — mainly large-scale row-crop producers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice and peanuts — are already set to receive roughly $55 billion from the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
One such chemical is sulfoxaflor, a next generation pesticide introduced in 2013 to eliminate sap feeding insects such as aphids on crops including soybeans and corn.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Others say substitutes such as soybeans or kidney beans, suggested by an Iskcon official, are not widely eaten in the state and may not be readily accepted by students.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
A few times a year, he travels back to his family farm to help plant and harvest a couple of thousand acres of corn and soybeans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Little town houses, with handkerchief lawns, gave way to fields where corn and soybeans grew.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
