Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Saccharomyces"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saccharomyces \Sac`cha*ro*my"ces\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? sugar + ?,
?, a fungus.] (Biol.)
A genus of budding fungi, the various species of which have
the power, to a greater or less extent, or splitting up sugar
into alcohol and carbonic acid. They are the active agents in
producing fermentation of wine, beer, etc. {Saccharomyces
cerevisi[ae]} is the yeast of sedimentary beer. Also called
{Torula}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Saccharomyces
n : single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding;
used to ferment carbohydrates [syn: {Saccharomyces}, {genus
Saccharomyces}]
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