soybean
pronunciation
How to pronounce soybean in British English:
UK ['sɔɪˌbiːn]
How to pronounce soybean in American English:
US ['sɔɪˌbin]
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- Noun:
- a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
- 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
- most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known
Word Origin
- soybean (n.)
- 1795, from soy + bean (n.).
Example
- 1. Those compounds include estrogen-like substances known as soybean isoflavones .
- 2. Bunge ( bg , news ) , the big global buyer , seller , storer , transporter and processor of soybean and other oil seeds , is a stock to own in a year that 's shaping up to repeat the food-price spike of 2008 .
- 3. Mr. vilsack says the drought has severely affected corn and soybean crops .
- 4. In 2001 , china opened up its soybean industry to imports .
- 5. Soybean prices are basically flat this year while corn prices are up 25 % .