'Wort' definitions:
Definition of 'wort'
(from WordNet)
noun
Usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
noun
Unfermented or fermenting malt
Definition of 'Wort'
From: GCIDE
- Wort \Wort\, n. [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, n. Cf. Licorice, Orchard, Radish, Root, n., Whortleberry, Wort an infusion of malt.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind. [1913 Webster]
- Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. Cabbages. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wort'
From: GCIDE
- Wort \Wort\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wort'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Wort'
- Dragon's wort,
- kidney wort,
- swallow wort,
- Bishop's-wort,
- John's-wort,
- Saw-wort,
- Whitlow-wort,
- Willow-wort,
- st john's wort,
- st peter's wort,
- Saint James's-wort,
- Saint John's-wort,
- Saint Peter's-wort,
- St John's-wort,
- common st john's wort,
- creeping st john's wort,
- great st john's wort,
- shrubby st john's wort,
- st john's wort family,
- Marsh St John's-wort,
- marsh st-john's wort