See also: glycine

Translingual

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Etymology

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Coined by Carl Linnaeus after Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, sweet) because of one member of the genus having a sweet root. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “suffix? source?”)

Proper noun

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Glycine f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – various beans, including the soybean.

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