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oil from soya beans

: a pale-yellow drying or semidrying oil obtained from soybeans by expression or solvent extraction, containing principally glycerides of linoleic, oleic, linolenic, and palmitic acids and used chiefly as a food, in paints, varnishes, linoleum, printing ink, and soap, and as a source of phosphatides, fatty acids, and sterols — called also Chinese bean oil

a pale-yellow oil derived from soybeans by expression or solvent extraction: used as a food and in the manufacture of soap, candles, inks, paints, varnishes, etc. Also called soya oil.

[1915-20]

soybean oil,

the pale yellow oil extracted from soybeans, used in the manufacture of margarine, shortenings, and salad and cooking oil. It is also an ingredient in paints, lacquers, soap, and ink.