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legume vs soybean

soybean vs legume

legume and soybean both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
legume Yes No No No
soybean Yes No No No
As nouns, soybean is a hyponym of legume; that is, soybean is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than legume:
  • legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
  • 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
Other hyponyms of legume include Arachis hypogaea, peanut, peanut vine, chickpea, chickpea plant, Cicer arietinum, Egyptian pea, cluster bean, Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, guar, Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean plant, wild pea, Lens culinaris, lentil, lentil plant, Dolichos biflorus, horse grain, horse gram, Macrotyloma uniflorum, poor man's pulse, crazy weed, crazyweed, locoweed, bean, bean plant, pea, pea plant, sesbania, vetch, moth bean, Phaseolus aconitifolius, Vigna aconitifolia, adsuki bean, adzuki bean, Phaseolus angularis, Vigna angularis, corkscrew flower, Phaseolus caracalla, snail-flower, snail bean, snail flower, snailflower, Vigna caracalla, mung, mung bean, mung bean plant, Phaseolus aureus, Vigna radiata, black-eyed pea, cowpea, cowpea plant, Vigna sinensis, Vigna unguiculata, asparagus bean, Vigna sesquipedalis, Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis, yard-long bean.
legume (noun) soybean (noun)
the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils) 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)
an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae 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
the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food
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