| 单词 | ginger beer plant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasginger beer plant ginger beer plant n. a culture of yeasts, or of yeasts and bacteria, used to initiate fermentation in the production of ginger beer.With the application of plant to yeasts and bacteria, compare the note at plant n.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > mixture for ginger-beer ginger beer plant1886 1886 Girl's Own Paper 13 Feb. 318/3 The ginger beer plant appears to be of the same division of minute plants as the yeast plant—i.e., the Conferva. 1953 J. Ramsbottom Mushrooms & Toadstools xviii. 213 The old English Ginger-Beer plant is a globular gelatinous white mass usually about the size of a pea and is used for fermenting sugary fluids. 2014 B. Byers Everyday Fermentation Handbk. vi. 110 Use the ginger beer plant immediately for a subsequent batch of ginger beer repeating the first 2 steps. < as lemmas |
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