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sweetworts

sweetworts is the plural of sweetwort.

Meaning of sweetwort

Noun

sweetwort (plural sweetworts)

  1. Any of a variety of sweet-tasting plants.
    • […] then boil the buds or bark of elder, sweetwort and green brier leaves1855, Daniel Smith, The Reformed Botanic and Indian Physician, page 383
  2. An fermented beverage made from malt.
    • It is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine.2024, Jill L. Baker, Culinary Technology of the Ancient Near East, page 2018
  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.1884, T. Jeffery Parker, “Bacteria”, in The New Zealand Journal of Science, volume 2, number 2, page 52

Questions about sweetworts

What is sweetworts the plural of?
Sweetworts is the plural of sweetwort.

Words near sweetworts in the dictionary

  1. sweetweed
  2. Sweetwine
  3. sweetwood
  4. sweetwoods
  5. sweetwort
  6. sweetworts
  7. sweety
  8. Sweezy
  9. Sweezys
  10. Sweigart
  11. Sweigarts

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