Illustration of soybean
variants
or chiefly British soya bean
: a hairy annual Asian legume (Glycine max) widely grown for its oil-rich proteinaceous seeds and for forage and soil improvement
also
: its seed
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China imposed tariffs on soybeans, passenger vehicles, jets, oil and other commodities – many of which have not returned to pre-Trump levels.
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
The agency says the major food allergens are milk, eggs, sesame, fish, tree nuts, crustacean shellfish, peanuts, wheat and soybeans.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
But the next front in the trade war isn’t about crates of soybeans or textile factories.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 22 May 2025
Glyphosate is even more widely used: An average of 298 million acres of farmland are sprayed with the chemical annually, including soybean, cotton, corn and grapes.
—Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
The agency says the major food allergens are milk, eggs, sesame, fish, tree nuts, crustacean shellfish, peanuts, wheat and soybeans.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025
But the next front in the trade war isn’t about crates of soybeans or textile factories.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 22 May 2025
Glyphosate is even more widely used: An average of 298 million acres of farmland are sprayed with the chemical annually, including soybean, cotton, corn and grapes.
—Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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“Soybean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soybean. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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soybean
noun
soy·bean
ˈsȯi-ˈbēn 
-ˌbēn
: a hairy annual Asian plant of the legume family widely grown for its edible seeds rich in oil and proteins, as food for livestock, and for soil improvement
also
: its seed
Medical Definition
soybean
noun
soy·bean
ˈsȯi-ˌbēn
variants
also soya bean
: a hairy annual Asian legume (Glycine max) grown for its oil-rich proteinaceous seeds and for forage and soil improvement
also
: its seed
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