soya
soy uh
- n 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
- n 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)
- A specialty of the maison is the 'Merrie England' full cream hot milk shake (boiled soya stock with vanilla-flavored export-reject whitewash).
- Ihe bugs proved to be an excellent protein concentrate, comparable in nutrient value to fish meal or soya cake.
- Though soya-paste molds might go far to explain the high incidence of stomach cancer in most of the Orient, they offer no clues to medical researchers in Finland, Chile or Costa .