soy
noun(soy)
thin sauce made of fermented soy beans
Synonyms: soy sauce,
soy
noun(soy)
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 Asia
Synonyms: glycine max,
soja, soja bean,
soya, soya bean,
soybean, soybean plant,
soy
noun(soy)
a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
soy
noun(soy)
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)