 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wort
noun
1: usually used in combination: 'liverwort'; 'milkwort';
'whorlywort'
2: unfermented or fermenting malt
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.
2. pl. Cabbages.
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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