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soybean
Also with hyphen or as two words.
[f. soy1 + bean.]
a. The bean of Glycine max., grown for food.
1795tr. C. P. Thunberg's Trav. IV. 121 Soy-sauce, which is every where and every day used throughout the whole empire,..is prepared from Soy Beans..and salt, mixed with barley or wheat. 1802Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. II. 170 The ginger, the soy bean,..are cultivated here [sc. in Japan]. 1882Garden 29 July 93/1 Soy Beans..vary considerably in size, shape, and colour. 1970N.Y. Times Encycl. Almanac 259/2 [Iowa] ranks first in popcorn and oats, and is second in soybeans. 1975New Yorker 26 May 50/3 He said that in the nineteen-sixties the United States ‘had excess capacity in corn and soybeans’. 1978J. Irving World according to Garp xv. 300 A field of corn and a field of soybeans.
b. attrib., esp. as soybean oil.
1935Cereal Chemistry XII. 442 It is only within the last decade that the use of soybean flour for food purposes in this country has been seriously considered. 1938A. A. Horvath Soybean Industry xiv. 97 Quantities of soybean oil have been used in the manufacture of foundry cores. 1956B. Y. Chao How to cook & eat in Chinese i. iii. 49 The most important flavourer of Chinese food is soy-bean sauce or soy sauce for short. 1967D. & E. T. Riesman Conversations in Japan 58 Delicacies such as fresh ginger root, soybean soup, meat and vegetables. 1973P. Theroux Saint Jack v. 52 Over in an armchair drinking soy-bean milk..sat old Mr. Tan Lim Hock. 1979C. MacLeod Luck runs Out vii. 76 Her successful campaign to have soybean cutlets put on the menu. |