soya bean vs legume

legume vs soya bean

soya bean and legume both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
soya bean	Yes	No	No	No
legume	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, legume is a hypernym of soya bean; that is, legume is a word with a broader meaning than soya bean:

soya bean: 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
legume: an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

Other hypernyms of soya bean include leguminous plant.

soya bean (noun)	legume (noun)
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)	the seedpod of a leguminous plant (such as peas or beans or lentils)
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	an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food	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

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