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  • noun informal The species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewer's yeast.

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From the species epithet of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (brewer's yeast).

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  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the baking and brewing king.

    April 15, 2008