Zygomycota
— Noun
– English
～ division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores
Zygomycotina
— Noun
– English
～ division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores
Zygophyllaceae
— Noun
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～ small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
Zygophyllum
— Noun
– English
～ usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers
Zygophyllum fabago
— Noun
– English
～ perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
zygospore
— Noun
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～ a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells
zygote
— Noun
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～ (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
zygotene
— Noun
– English
～ the second stage of the prophase of meiosis
zygotic
— Adjective
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～ of or relating to a zygote
zymase
— Noun
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～ a complex of enzymes that cause glycolysis; originally found in yeast but also present in higher organisms
zymogen
— Noun
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～ any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active
zymoid
— Adjective
– English
～ resembling an enzyme
zymology
— Noun
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～ the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)
zymolysis
— Noun
– English
～ a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
zymolytic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or causing fermentation
zymosis
— Noun
– English
～ a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol