BAKER'S YEAST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Used as a leaven in baking and brewing

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("baker's yeast" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("baker's yeast" is a member of...):

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