SOYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soya mean? 

• SOYA (noun)
  The noun SOYA has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)

  Familiarity information: SOYA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOYA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Glycine max; soja; soja bean; soy; soya; soya bean; soybean; soybean plant

Hypernyms ("soya" is a kind of...):

legume; leguminous plant (an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae)

Meronyms (parts of "soya"):

soy; soya; soya bean; soybean (the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein))

soy; soya bean; soybean (a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food)

Holonyms ("soya" is a member of...):

genus Glycine; Glycine (genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

soy; soya; soya bean; soybean

Hypernyms ("soya" is a kind of...):

bean; edible bean (any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food)

Meronyms (substance of "soya"):

soyabean oil; soybean oil (oil from soya beans)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soya"):

field soybean (seeds used as livestock feed)

Holonyms ("soya" is a part of...):

Glycine max; soja; soja bean; soy; soya; soya bean; soybean; soybean plant (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)

Holonyms ("soya" is a substance of...):

soy flour; soybean flour; soybean meal (meal made from soybeans)

soy; soy sauce (thin sauce made of fermented soy beans)

 Context examples 

Also called soy, soya, and soybean.

(Glycine max, NCI Dictionary)

In addition to olive oil and soya oil, this lipid emulsion contains egg lecithin and provides phosphorus and choline, which are needed to maintain cell membrane integrity.

(Olive Oil/Soya Oil/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

The olive oil/soya oil/egg lecithin emulsion provides about 15% of saturated fatty acids (SFA), 65% of mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and 20% of essential poly-unsaturated fatty acids (EPUFA).

(Olive Oil/Soya Oil/Egg Lecithin-based Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)