noun An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
noun A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
noun A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales. Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise. brewer's yeast, certain species of Saccharomyces, principally Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.
noun Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.
noun A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.
noun brewer's yeast, certain species of Saccharomyces, principally Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.
noun Candida, a ubiquitous fungus that can cause various kinds of infections in humans. The resulting infection, candidiasis.