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wort n

(archaic or historical) Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine. (specifically, historical) Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea). (by extension, botany) A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte. [...] (brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then distilled to make beer or a malt liquor such as whisky. Today is Earth Day, a day for observing the need to protect the Earth.

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