SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Used as a leaven in baking and brewing

Synonyms:

baker's yeast; brewer's yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Saccharomyces cerevisiae" is a kind of...):

yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)

Holonyms ("Saccharomyces cerevisiae" is a member of...):

genus Saccharomyces; Saccharomyces (single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates)

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