Glycine
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Translingual
Etymology
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
Glycine f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Faboideae - subfamily; Phaseoleae - tribe; Glycininae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Glycine subg. Glycine, Glycine subg. Soya - subgenera; Glycine clandestina - type species; Glycine soja (ancestral wild soybean), Glycine max (cultivated soybean) - selected species; See
Glycine on WikipediaWikipedia or 
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References
- Glycine (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Glycine on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Glycine on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Glycine at USDA Plants database
