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soy
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[sɔɪ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- protein derived from the beans of an Asian plant, used as a replacement for animal protein in certain foods; soya
(e.g: I'm trying to add more soy into my diet)
- the widely cultivated plant of the pea family that produces soya beans
(e.g: soy is the nation's leading source of food-grade oil)
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Origin
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late 17th century: from Japanese soy, shoy, variant of shō-yu, from Chinese shi-yu, from shi ‘salted beans’ + yu ‘oil’
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