Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soya, soybean plant, soya bean, soybean, soy - 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

bean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

soybean, soy - most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known

legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

genus Glycine, Glycine - genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean

soy, soya bean, soybean - a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food