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Definition of soya noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

soya

noun
 
/ˈsɔɪə/
 
/ˈsɔɪə/
 (British English)
(North American English soy
 
/sɔɪ/
 
/sɔɪ/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. the plant on which soya beans grow; the food obtained from soya beans
    • a soya crop
    • soya flour
    Topics Farmingc1, Foodc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySoya is used before these nouns:
    • bean
    • milk
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    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Dutch soja, from Malay soi.
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