Why this word is great
WORTLORE — [Noun] The traditional knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional use of plants, herbs, and worts. From Old English wyrt ("plant, herb, root") and lār ("knowledge, learning"). Unlike "botany" (which dissects plants under the sterile gaze of science) or "herbalism" (which narrows its focus to healing), wortlore is the accumulated wisdom of hands in soil and hearthside whispers. It is the grandmother’s memory of dandelion greens for spring tonic, the farmer’s trick of yarrow poultices for wounds, the brewer’s secret of bitter wort for ale—a lineage of practical magic, passed like a trowel from one generation to the next, until even the simplest weed hums with purpose.