n 1  cap  :  a genus of usu. unicellular yeasts (as a brewer's yeast) of the family Saccharomycetaceae that are distinguished by their sparse or absent mycelium and by their facility in reproducing asexually by budding  2  pl  saccharomyces  :  any yeast of the genus Saccharomyces .
 
 
 
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