wort /ˈwɝt, ˈwɔrt/
草,麥芽汁,植物
Wort n.
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.
Wort n. 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.
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wort
n 1: usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort';
`whorlywort'
2: unfermented or fermenting malt