Definitions For Soybean

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)
• 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
• A source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
• The bean of an Asian plant that contains a large amount of protein and that is used as a food