soybean

English

Alternative forms

• soy bean

Noun

Wikipedia soybean (plural soybeans)

1. A legume plant (scientific name Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
2. The edible seed of this plant.
   • 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 134: 

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

Synonyms

• soya bean

Derived terms

• field soybean
• green soybean
• IOM soybeans

Translations

plant

• Arabic: فول الصويا (ar) (fūl al-ṣuya) m pl

  Egyptian Arabic: فول الصويا (fūl el ṣoya) m pl

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大豆 (cmn) (dàdòu), 黃豆 (cmn), 黄豆 (cmn) (huángdòu)

• Finnish: soija (fi), soijapapu (fi)
• French: soja (fr) m
• German: Sojabohne (de) f
• Hungarian: szójabab (hu)

• Italian: soia (it) f
• Japanese: 大豆 (ja) (だいず, daizu)
• Khmer: សណ្ដែកសៀង (km) (sɑndaek siǝng)
• Korean: 콩 (ko) (kong)
• Macedonian: соја (mk) (sója) f
• Persian: سویا (fa) (soya)
• Russian: соя (ru) (sója) f
• Spanish: soja (es) f
• Swedish: soja (sv) c, sojaböna (sv) c

seed

• Arabic: فول الصويا (ar) (fūl al-ṣuya) m pl

  Egyptian Arabic: فول الصويا (fūl el ṣoya) m pl

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大豆 (cmn) (dàdòu), 黃豆 (cmn), 黄豆 (cmn) (huángdòu)

• Finnish: soijapapu (fi)
• French: soja (fr) m
• German: Sojabohne (de) f
• Hungarian: szójabab (hu)

• Italian: soia (it) f
• Japanese: 大豆 (ja) (だいず, daizu), ダイズ (ja) (daizu)
• Khmer: សណ្ដែកសៀង (km) (sɑndaek siǝng)
• Korean: 콩 (ko) (kong)
• Macedonian: соино зрно (mk) (sóino z'rno) n
• Russian: соя (ru) (sója) f, соевый боб (ru) (sójevyj bob) m
• Swedish: sojaböna (sv) c
• Vietnamese: đậu nành (vi)

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• Dutch: sojaboon c