Word

yeast, n.
(yeasts)

any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
<noun.plant>

yeast

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derivationally related form

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member holonym

Endomycetales, order Endomycetales

hyponym

baker's yeast, brewer's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine-maker's yeast, Saccharomyces ellipsoides

a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
<noun.substance>

barm yeast

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derivationally related form

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yeast cake brewer's yeast mother

hypernym

leaven, leavening