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Soya

Soy

(soi)
,

Soy′a

(soi′ȧ)
,
Noun.
[Chinese
shōyū
.]
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.

Definition 2024


soya

soya

See also: søya and soþa

English

Alternative forms

Noun

soya (uncountable)

  1. protein derived from the soya bean.
  2. the plant that produces the soya bean, Glycine max.

Derived terms

References

  • Oxford Dictionaries

Spanish

Noun

soya f (plural soyas)

  1. Alternative form of soja