soybean plant

soybean plant
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
Syn:
soy, ↑soya, ↑soybean, ↑soya bean, ↑soja, ↑soja bean, ↑Glycine max
Hypernyms: ↑legume, ↑leguminous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Glycine, ↑genus Glycine
Part Meronyms: ↑soy, ↑soybean, ↑soya, ↑soya bean

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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