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Yeast

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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'YEAST (O.E.' giest or gyst; the root yes-, to boil, ferment, is seen in Sansk. nir-yasa, exudations from trees, and Gr. "Eecp, to boil), a cellular organism produced in the alcoholic fermentation of saccharine liquids (see Fungi, Fermentation, Brewing).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Yeast'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​y/yeast.html. 1910.
 
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