A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


Wort: a plant, especially a cabbage plant.
Wort, the sweet infusion of malt, or unfermented beer; brewer's wort: an infusion of malt made up of a dilute solution of sugars which, when fermented, forms beer; Must, the juice of grapes or other fruit before and during fermentation: mustum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. musto 'new or unfermented wine, must;' - in musto ex hordeo cum agaro, on wort agar.
Wort agar: mustum ex hordeo cum agaro, a wort from barley with agar; agarum (s.n.II) maltosum (adj.A), abl. sg. agaro maltoso; see agar.
pertaining to wort or must (new wine): mustarius,-a,-um (adj.A), musteus,-a,-um (adj.A).
Wort, a sugary, maltosic unfermented liquid, the result of mixing grains and water for the development of enzymes that break down starch into sugars, especially maltose; the sweet infusion of malt, or unfermented beer (or whisky) (= ‘must’); brewer's wort: “an infusion of malt made up of a dilute solution of sugars which, when fermented, forms beer” (WIII); this malty liquid is called the wort before yeast is added; the sugars will be fermented by the brewing yeast to produce alcohol for beverages; see agar; see malt; Must, the juice of grapes or other fruit before and during fermentation: mustum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. musto, 'new or unfermented wine, must;' see must (Eng.noun); - in musto ex hordeo cum agaro, on wort agar.
Wort-agar: mustum ex hordeo cum agaro, a wort from barley with agar; agarum (s.n.II) maltosum (adj.A), abl. sg. agaro maltoso; see agar. pertaining to wort or must (new wine): mustarius,-a,-um (adj.A), musteus,-a,-um (adj.A).