Glycine

== Translingual == === Etymology === Coined by Carl Linnaeus as if Ancient Greek γλυκίνη (glukínē) after Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) because of one member of the genus having a sweet root. In scientific Latin, the genius name is rendered as a feminine noun glycinē (as opposed to amino acid glycine which is rendered as a neuter noun glycinum). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “suffix? source?”) === Proper noun === Glycine f A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – various beans, including the soybean. ==== 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 Glycine on WikispeciesWikispecies for more species and subspecies. === References === Glycine (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Glycine on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Glycine on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Glycine at USDA Plants database