Complete Definition of "wort"

see|Wort
English

Etymology
Old English wyrt.

Pronunciation
IPA|/w�:t/

Noun
en-noun

  1. liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer
  2. any of various plants or herbs

#: The word is usually used in combination to refer to specific plants, e.g. St. John's wort|St. John�s wort; however, it may be used on its own as a generic term.

Related terms
brimstone-wort
dropwort
liverwort
lousewort
spleenwort
St. John's wort|St. John�s wort
toothwort

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