soja bean

Other forms: soja beans

Definitions of soja bean

1. noun

   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, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant

   type of:

   legume, leguminous plant

   an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae