wort
/wɜːt/noun
1
- in combination used in names of plants and herbs, especially those used formerly as food or medicinally, e.g. butterwort, lungwort, woundwort［用于草本植物和香草植物名称中, 尤其是那些曾用作食物和药材的草本植物和香草植物名称中, 如butterwort, lungwort, woundwort］。
1.1
- archaic such a plant or herb〈古〉植物; 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（发酵后可制蒸馏麦芽酒和啤酒）。
词源
Old English wyrt, of Germanic origin; related to ROOT1.