More generally: any substance that produces (supposed) fermentation; a ferment (ferment, n. 1); a causative agent of a zymotic disease. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > chemical processes or reactions > [noun] > fermentation > substance producing fermentation (2) leavena1400 More generally: any substance that produces (supposed) fermentation; a ferment (ferment, n. 1); a causative agent of a zymotic disease. Obsolete. fermentc1420 originally. Leaven or yeast. Hence gen. an agent which causes fermentation (see fermentation, n. 1). |
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