Yeast

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Yeast

Yeast : காடி (மாவை புளிக்க வைக்க உதவும் பொருள்)

Yeast : காடி (மாவை புளிக்க வைக்க உதவும் பொருள்),புளிக்க வைக்கும் காடி

Yeast definition

Noun.

  1. The foam, or troth (top yeast), or the sediment (bottom yeast), of beer or other in fermentation, which contains the yeast plant or its spores, and under certain conditions produces fermentation in saccharine or farinaceous substances; a preparation used for raising dough for bread or cakes, and making it light and puffy; barm; ferment.
  2. Spume, or foam, of water.
  3. A form of fungus which grows as indvidual rounded cells, rather than in a mycelium, and reproduces by budding; Especially. members of the orders Endomycetales and Moniliales. Some fungi may grow both as a yeast or as a mycelium, depending on the conditions of growth.