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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Brussels prepared a retaliatory package in case no agreement is reached by next Friday and if tariff threats materialize: The bloc plans to impose 30% tariffs on approximately $117 billion worth of US goods, including bourbon, airplanes, and soybeans, Bloomberg reported.
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Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 28 July 2025
The process also commonly occurs in soybean crops, Wilson said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 July 2025
The others are milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, soybeans and sesame.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
When Henry, 72, and his brother grew up here in the 1950s, the land was used to farm wheat and soybeans.
—Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
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Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 28 July 2025
The process also commonly occurs in soybean crops, Wilson said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 July 2025
The others are milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, soybeans and sesame.
—Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
When Henry, 72, and his brother grew up here in the 1950s, the land was used to farm wheat and soybeans.
—Meena Duerson, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for soybean
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“Soybean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soybean. Accessed 3 Aug. 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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