Soja: alternatives and connections

any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is ex…

To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the gr…

An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and…

rhizomatous herb of India having aromatic seeds used as seasoning

A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and const…

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.

Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds

A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.

A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high…

An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothin…

annual herb or southern Europe and eastern Asia having off-white flowers and aromatic seeds used medicinally and in curry

An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds.

An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sug…

The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.

A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.

A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm.