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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yeast of the family Saccharomycetaceae, including the saccharomyces.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Saccharomyces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
yeast fungus . - noun A
yeast of the genusSaccharomycetes .
Etymologies
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From saccharo- + -mycete
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