FAMILY SACCHAROMYCETACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Saccharomycetaceae mean? 

• FAMILY SACCHAROMYCETACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY SACCHAROMYCETACEAE has 1 sense:

1. family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates

  Familiarity information: FAMILY SACCHAROMYCETACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY SACCHAROMYCETACEAE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

family Saccharomycetaceae; Saccharomycetaceae

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

fungus family (includes lichen families)

Meronyms (members of "family Saccharomycetaceae"):

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

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

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