From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wort \Wort\, noun [OE. worte, wurte, AS. wyrte; akin to OD. wort, G. w["u]rze, bierw["u]rze, Icel. virtr, Sw. v["o]rt. See {Wort} an herb.] An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.
Note: Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wort \Wort\, noun [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ["o]rt, Goth. wa['u]rts a root, L. radix, Gr. ? a root, ? a branch, young shoot, ? a branch, and E. root, noun Cf. {Licorice}, {Orchard}, {Radish}, {Root}, noun, {Whortleberry}, {Wort} an infusion of malt.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind.
Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: usually used in combination: 'liverwort'; 'milkwort'; 'whorlywort'
2: unfermented or fermenting malt
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "wort": algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, diatom, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy, kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss, mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, puffball, pulse, red algae, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut, succulent, toadstool, vetch, vine, wrack
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