wort

wort
[wəːt]
noun
  1. [in combination]used in names of plants and herbs, especially those used formerly as food or medicinally, e.g. butterwort, lungwort, woundwort
    [用于草的名称 ]草(尤指食用或药用草本);植物(如捕虫堇属植物、疗肺草属植物、疗伤绒毛花)
    ■(archaic)such a plant or herb
    (古)野菜;野草
  2. [mass noun]the sweet infusion of ground malt or other grain before fermentation, used to produce beer and distilled malt liquors
    麦芽汁(发酵后可制麦芽酒、啤酒或其他饮料)
语源
  1. Old English wyrt, of Germanic origin; related to root
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