[医] 大豆

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.

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

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}.


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}.

2. the seeds of the {Glycine max}, which produce {soybean
oil}; -- called also {soya bean}.
[PJC]