Soy

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soy \Soy\ (soi), Soya \Soy"a\(soi"[.a]), n. [Chinese
     sh[=o]y[=u].]
     1. A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made
        by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soybeans), or beans and
        meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt
        and water.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) The {soybean}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soybean \Soy"bean\ (soi"b[=e]n`), n.
     1. (Bot.) An Asiatic leguminous herb ({Glycine max}, formerly
        {Glycine Soja}) the seeds of which (also called {soy
        beans}) are used in preparing the sauce called {soy}.
        Called also {soya bean} and {soya}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. the seeds of the {Glycine max}, which produce {soybean
        oil}; -- called also {soya bean}.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soybean oil \Soy"bean oil\ (soi"b[=e]n` oil), n.
     an oil obtained from the soybean ({Glycine max}), rich in
     protein, fats, sterols, and phospholipids, used as a food and
     in paints and varnishes and in various industrial
     applications; -- called also {soya oil}. It is also used in
     preparing the sauce called {soy} or {soy sauce}.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soja \So"ja\ (s[=o]"j[.a] or s[=o]"y[.a]), n. (Bot.)
     An Asiatic leguminous herb ({Glycine max}, formerly {Glycine
     Soja}) the seeds of which (called {soy beans}) are used in
     preparing the sauce called {soy}. Called also {soya}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  soy
       n 1: a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as
            food [syn: {soybean}, {soya bean}]
       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: thin sauce made of fermented soy beans [syn: {soy sauce}]
       4: most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known [syn: {soybean}]