Soybean oil

Soy´bean oil    (soi´bēn` oil)

n.

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an oil obtained from the soybean (Glycine max), rich in protein, fats, sterols, and phospholipids, used as a food and in paints and varnishes and in various industrial applications; - called also soya oil. It is also used in preparing the sauce called soy or soy sauce.

Thesaurus

Noun

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soybean oil - oil from soya beans soyabean oil vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants soya, soya bean, soybean, soy - 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) linoleic acid, linolic acid - a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap linolenic acid - a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid