1 [in combination] used in names of plants and herbs, especially those used formerly as food or medicinally, e.g. butterwort, lungwort, woundwort.
archaic a plant or herb used as food or medicinally.
2 [mass noun] the sweet infusion of ground malt or other grain before fermentation, used to produce beer and distilled malt liquors:yeast is added to the wort
Origin:
Old Englishwyrt, of Germanic origin; related to root1
