soya
    n 1: 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 [syn: soy,
         soya, soybean, soya bean, soybean plant, soja,
         soja bean, Glycine max]
    2: the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of
       the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder
       (especially as a replacement for animal protein) [syn: soy,
       soybean, soya, soya bean]

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.
      [1913 Webster]

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

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. the seeds of the Glycine max, which produce soybean
      oil; -- called also soya bean.
      [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.
   [1913 Webster]