WORT

wort. Wort, [wurt] n. ale or beer not fermented, an herb

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Wort (?), n. [[OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ört, Goth. waúrts 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.]] 1. 1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind.
☞ This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc. 2. 2. pl. Cabbages.