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Schizosaccharomyces

noun

type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae; comprises the fission yeasts

• Syn: ↑genus Schizosaccharomyces

• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Schizosaccharomycetaceae, ↑family Schizosaccharomycetaceae

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\\|ski(ˌ)zō+\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from schiz- + Saccharomyces

: a genus (coextensive with the family Schizosaccharomycetaceae of the order Endomycetales) of fungi comprising the fission yeasts and characterized by division of each cell into two daughter cells of similar size — compare budding yeast

Useful english dictionary. 2012.