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   soy

   /sɔɪ/

   noun

   • 1. protein derived from the beans of an Asian plant, used as a replacement for animal protein in certain foods; soya: "I'm trying to add more soy into my diet"
   • 2. the widely cultivated plant of the pea family that produces soya beans: "soy is the nation's leading source of food-grade oil"

   Word Origin late 17th century: from Japanese soy, shoy, variant of shō-yu, from Chinese shi-yu, from shi ‘salted beans’ + yu ‘oil’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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