browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
soy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Soy \Soy\, n. [Chinese sh[=o]y[=u].] 1. A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. 2. (Bot.) The soja, a kind of bean. See {Soja}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: soy n 1: a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food [syn: {soybean}, {soyabean}] 2: 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 [syn: {soya}, {soybean}, {soya bean}, {soybean plant}, {soja}, {soja bean}, {Glycine max}] 3: most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known [syn: {soybean}]
more about soy
This work is licensed under a
