wortlore
wortlore noun: the traditional knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional use of plants, herbs, and worts.
Noun
wortlore (uncountable)
- The traditional knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional use of plants, herbs, and worts.
- They will come up each year from between the Rhododendrons, and will send their sweet subtle odour through the open windows into the house. And as I write I am told of a recipe showing how, in the Wortlore of old, the firm white petals were esteemed of use.2012, Henry A. Bright, A Year in a Lancashire Garden - Page 6
- This may often have been the case in many instances of horse whispering tricks, but the interview with former race-horse trainer, Paul Harriss, for Alphard magazine reveals that there is more to the true whisperer than mere tricks and wortlore: [...]2013, Suzanne Ruthven, Melusine Draco, Shaman Pathways - Black Horse, White Horse
Forms of wortlore
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Origin of wortlore
From wort + lore.
Questions about wortlore
- What does wortlore mean?
- Wortlore means the traditional knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional use of plants, herbs, and worts.
- What part of speech is wortlore?
- Wortlore is a noun.
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