Soybean vs. Bean — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Soybean and Bean
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Soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu and tofu skin are made.
Bean
A bean is the seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world.
Soybean
An annual leguminous plant (Glycine max) native to East Asia, widely cultivated for its seeds, which are used for food, as a source of oil, and as animal feed.
Bean
Any of various twining herbs of the genus Phaseolus in the pea family, native to the Americas, having leaves with three leaflets and variously colored flowers, and widely cultivated for their edible pods and seeds.
Soybean
A seed of this plant.
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Bean
A seed or pod of any of these plants.
Soybean
A legume plant (Glycine max), commonly cultivated for human and animal consumption and as a nitrogen-fixing ground cover.
Bean
Any of several related plants or their seeds or pods, such as the adzuki bean, broad bean, or soybean.
Soybean
The edible seed of this plant.
Bean
Any of various other plants or their seeds or fruits, especially those suggestive of beans such as the coffee bean or vanilla bean.
Soybean
An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine max, formerly Glycine Soja) the seeds of which (also called soy beans) are used in preparing the sauce called soy. Called also soya bean and soya.
Bean
(Slang) A person's head.
Soybean
The seeds of the Glycine max, which produce soybean oil; - called also soya bean.
Bean
Beans(Slang) A small amount
I don't know beans about investing.
Soybean
A source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
Bean
Chiefly British A fellow; a chap.
Soybean
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
Bean
To hit (another) on the head with a thrown object, especially a pitched baseball.
Soybean
Most highly proteinaceous vegetable crop known
Bean
Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
Bean
The large edible seed of such a plant (for example, a broad bean, navy bean, or garbanzo bean).
Bean
The edible seedpod of such a plant.
Green beans, also called French beans, can be pickled and made into pickled beans.
Bean
(by extension) The bean-like seed of certain other plants, such a a vanilla bean or (especially) a coffee bean.
Bean
(by extension) An object resembling a pea or bean in shape, often made from plastic or styrofoam and used in large numbers as packing material or as stuffing for beanbags and similar items.
Bean
(slang) The head or brain.
Bean
(slang) The clitoris.
Bean
A person.
Bean
A guinea coin.
Bean
Money.
I haven't got a bean.
Bean
(software) JavaBean
Bean
To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.
The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.
Bean
A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
Bean
The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
Bean
Any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae
Bean
Any of various seeds or fruits suggestive of beans
Bean
Any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
Bean
Informal terms for a human head
Bean
Hit on the head, esp. with a pitched baseball
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