Main Entry: sac·cha·ro·my·ces

Pronunciation: \-rō-ˈmī-(ˌ)sēz\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin, from sacchar- + -myces fungus, from Greek mykēs — more at myc-

Date: 1873

: any of a genus (Saccharomyces of the family Saccharomycetaceae) of usually unicellular yeasts (as a brewer's yeast) that are distinguished by their sparse or absent mycelium and by their facility in reproducing asexually by budding