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WINE-MAKER'S YEAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wine-maker's yeast mean?
• WINE-MAKER'S YEAST (noun)
The noun WINE-MAKER'S YEAST has 1 sense:
1. used in making wine
Familiarity information: WINE-MAKER'S YEAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in making wine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Saccharomyces ellipsoides; wine-maker's yeast
Hypernyms ("wine-maker's yeast" is a kind of...):
yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)
Holonyms ("wine-maker's yeast" is a member of...):
genus Saccharomyces; Saccharomyces (single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates)
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