Soya

4 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]:

  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]:

  soya
       n : 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}, {soybean},
            {soya bean}, {soybean plant}, {soja}, {soja bean}, {Glycine
           max}]