soya
pronunciation
How to pronounce soya in British English:
UK [ˈsɔɪə]
How to pronounce soya in American English:
US [ˈsɔɪə]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- soya (n.)
- "soy," 1670s; see soy. Soyaburger is attested from 1953.
Example
- 1. Bad weather in south america has affected soya already .
- 2. With the revival of soya and the government 's new " growth acceleration package " , which proposes to pepper the amazon with infrastructure , brazil is about to put its new model to the test .
- 3. Soya increasingly comes from cleared rainforests .
- 4. Brazil itself still grows soya in its temperate southern states .
- 5. Amazonian soya farmers need it to guarantee them decent rainfall .