Sweetwort

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a variety of sweet-tasting plants.

    "[…] then boil the buds or bark of elder, sweetwort and green brier leaves"

  2. 2
    An fermented beverage made from malt.

    "It is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine."

  3. 3
    A sugar-rich liquid, as that used in fermentation.

    "In Alcoholic fermentation yeast is added to some saccharine fluid—such as the "sweetwort" or infusion of malt used in the preparation of beer."

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"[…] then boil the buds or bark of elder, sweetwort and green brier leaves"

Etymology

From sweet + wort.

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