Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wort \Wort\, n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to
   OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ["o]rt,
   Goth. wa['u]rts a root, L. radix, Gr. ? a root, ? a branch,
   young shoot, ? a branch, and E. root, n. Cf. {Licorice},
   {Orchard}, {Radish}, {Root}, n., {Whortleberry}, {Wort} an
   infusion of malt.]
   1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind.

   Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in
         colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc.

   2. pl. Cabbages.

Wort \Wort\, n. [OE. worte, wurte, AS. wyrte; akin to OD. wort,
   G. w["u]rze, bierw["u]rze, Icel. virtr, Sw. v["o]rt. See
   {Wort} an herb.]
   An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of
   fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and
   forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient
   fermentation.

   Note: Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of
         sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and
         carbon dioxide.

Source : WordNet®

wort
     n 1: usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort';
          `whorlywort'
     2: unfermented or fermenting malt