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.

synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant.

Polish: soja zwyczajna, soja warzywna, soja owłosiona

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).

synonyms: soy, soya bean, soybean.

Dutch: sojaboon
Polish: soja