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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of plants of the family Fabaceæ. It contains about 20 species, chiefly twining herbs of the Old World tropics. The genus is of generail nterest because it includes the soy - bean, Soia Soja, an erect, hairy, bean- like plant from China and Japan that is now grown in the United States for soiling and green-manuring. The genus is closely allied to Phaseolus, Vigna, and Dolichos, from which it is distinguished by very technical characters.

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  • Per la versione vegan si può sostituire il burro con la margarina vegetale e il latte con latte di riso o di soia.

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  • Per la versione vegan si può sostituire il burro con la margarina vegetale e il latte con latte di riso o di soia.

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  • That I, that is to say, Srijut So-and-so, the eldest son of So-and-so of blessed memory, should be drawing a monthly salary of Rs. 450 by the discharge of my duties as collector of cotton duties, and driving in my dog-cart to my office every day in a short coat and soia hat, appeared to me to be such an astonishingly ludicrous illusion that I burst into a horse-laugh, as I stood in the gloom of that vast silent hall.

    The Hungry Stones and Other Stories Rabindranath Tagore 1901

  • He is an officer of a _vaa soia_, {**} and is a friend of my wife's brother, and therefore is a friend of mine -- and thine also, Malië toa o Samatau, {***} and Talitaua. "

    John Frewen, South Sea Whaler 1904 Louis Becke 1884

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