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Word: Soy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century: from Japanese soy, shoy, variant of shō-yu, from Chinese shi-yu, from shi ‘salted beans’ + yu ‘oil’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
sɔɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
protein derived from the beans of an Asian plant, used as a replacement for animal protein in certain foods; soya
Short Definition:soya
Examples:- I'm trying to add more soy into my diet
- soy is a key ingredient in livestock feed
Definition:
the widely cultivated plant of the pea family that produces soya beans
Short Definition:plant of pea family that produces soya beans
Examples:- soy is the nation's leading source of food-grade oil
- the most common GMOs are soy, corn, canola, and cotton
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