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yeast
noun
A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
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noun
A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
noun
Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
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