baker's yeast

Definitions of baker's yeast
  1. noun
    used as a leaven in baking and brewing
    synonyms: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, brewer's yeast
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    type of:
    yeast
    any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
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