soybean oil meal
noun
variants: or
soybean meal
Definition of soybean oil meal
: the ground protein-rich residue from the production of soybean oil used chiefly in animal feeds, in adhesives and plastics, in making synthetic protein fibers, and in fermentation media (as for the production of antibiotics)
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