yeast

Noun
  1. A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells;
    Used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey (synset 115130838)
    is a type of: leaven, leavening - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
    subtypes:
    • yeast cake - small cake of compressed moist yeast
    • brewer's yeast - yeast used in fermenting beer
    • mother - a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar
    same as: barm
  2. Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division (synset 113046407)
    is a type of: fungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia
    subtypes:
    belongs to: endomycetales, order endomycetales - fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus

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