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wort (wʉrt)

noun

a liquid, produced from malt and hot water, which can be fermented to make beer or ale, or fermented and distilled to make whiskey

Etymology: ME < OE wyrt- (in comp.), akin to Ger würze, a spice < IE base *wrād-, twig, root > L radix, root

wort2 definition

wort (wʉrt)

noun

a plant, vegetable, or herb: now usually in compounds [spleenwort, liverwort]

Etymology: ME < OE wyrt, root, herb, plant: for IE base see wort

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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