wort
wort — noun
1. A sweet liquid produced from crushed grain and hot water before it is fermented
A sweet liquid produced from crushed grain and hot water before it is fermented and turned into beer or whiskey.
The brewer checked the temperature of the wort before adding the yeast.
After boiling the wort, Hari added hops to give the beer its bitter taste.
boiled wort + hops — brewing process sequence
The sweet smell of fresh wort filled the small brewery every Saturday morning.
Brandon carefully poured the cooled wort into the fermentation tank for the next stage.
Too much sugar in the wort can make the beer taste very strong and heavy.
用法筆記
Uncountable noun used mainly in professional brewing and home-brewing contexts. The wort is produced after mashing (mixing crushed malt with hot water) but before fermentation.
2. A word element that appears in the names of various plants, many of which have b
A word element that appears in the names of various plants, many of which have been or are still used in traditional herbal medicine.
St. John's wort is a common herb that some people use to improve their mood.
St. John's wort as a herbal remedy — most common example
Mizuki found a patch of liverwort growing on the damp soil near the stream.
liverwort in damp habitat — botanical context
The herbalist showed Abigail how to identify milkwort among the meadow grasses.
Some types of bladderwort trap tiny insects in their underwater leaves to get nutrients.
Greta planted St. John's wort in her garden for its bright yellow summer flowers.
用法筆記
Appears almost exclusively as the second part of a compound plant name (e.g. liverwort, milkwort, bladderwort, St. John's wort). Each compound name refers to a different plant family. The element itself has no independent botanical meaning in modern English outside these established names.