brewer's yeast meaning

Noun: brewer's yeast

1. Yeast used in fermenting beer 
2. Used as a leaven in baking and brewing
   - baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Derived forms: brewer's yeasts

Type of: barm, yeast

Part of: genus Saccharomyces, Saccharomyces

Encyclopedia: Brewer's yeast

[Medicine]
A species of the genus SACCHAROMYCES,family Saccharomycetaceae,order Saccharomycetales,known as baker's or brewer's yeast. The dried form is used as a dietary supplement. n : the dried pulverized cells of a yeast of the genus Saccharomyces (S. cerevisiae) used in brewing and esp. as a source of B-complex vitamins

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