brewer's yeast
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1. used as a leaven in baking and brewing (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | yeast, |
| definition | : | any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus saccharomyces, saccharomyces, |
| definition | : | single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates (noun.plant) |
2. yeast used in fermenting beer (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | barm, yeast, |
| definition | : | a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | top fermenting yeast, |
| definition | : | brewer's yeast used in top fermentation of ale (noun.substance) |
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