soya bean
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
Types & categories
- bean hypernym
Parts & wholes
- soya part holonym
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- legume hypernym
Parts & wholes
- genus Glycine member holonym
- soya part meronym
- soy part meronym
Sense 3 noun
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)
Types & categories
- bean hypernym
- field soybean hyponym
Parts & wholes
- soya part holonym
- soybean meal substance holonym
- soy sauce substance holonym
- soybean oil substance meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | soya |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bean |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | genus Glycine |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | soya |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | soy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | legume |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | soya |
| 3 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | soybean meal |
| 3 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | soy sauce |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | soybean oil |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bean |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | field soybean |