sweetwort
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sugar-rich liquid, as that used in fermentation.
Example Sentences
- "[…] then boil the buds or bark of elder, sweetwort and green brier leaves"
- "As spring opened, they began to find a plant just showing above the ground; it resembled asparagus, and for some reason they called it " Mashka's sweetwort," though it was very bitter"
- "Sweetwort, Acorus calamus"
- "the hay from upland meadows, with its larger variety of plants, predominantly origanum, a modest plant with pink and white flowers. It is this sweetwort that makes the aroma of hay mown and dried in fine weather exceptionally spicy and exhilarating."
- "It is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine."
- "In Alcoholic fermentation yeast is added to some saccharine fluid—such as the "sweetwort" or infusion of malt used in the preparation of beer."