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wort

/wɜːt/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A plant; herb; vegetable.
  2. Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term.
  3. Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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