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SACCHAROMYCETACEAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates

Synonyms:

family Saccharomycetaceae; Saccharomycetaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Saccharomycetaceae" is a kind of...):

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "Saccharomycetaceae"):

genus Saccharomyces; Saccharomyces (single-celled yeasts that reproduce asexually by budding; used to ferment carbohydrates)

Holonyms ("Saccharomycetaceae" is a member of...):

Endomycetales; order Endomycetales (fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus)

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