[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
[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
Old English wyrt, of Germanic origin; related to root