a microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide
酵母菌。
a greyish-yellow preparation of this obtained chiefly from fermented beer, used as a fermenting agent, to raise bread dough, and as a food supplement
(主要取自发酵啤酒的)啤酒酵母,酵母。
[count noun]
【生】 假丝酵母属真菌。
"Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch