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Word: Yeast
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Old English gist, gyst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gist and German Gischt ‘froth, yeast’, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek zein ‘to boil’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
jiːst
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
Short Definition:microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding
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