Well, in general, "Wort" in English and "Wurz" in German both mean "plant." So, it's a pretty generic term. I've heard Wurz in German mostly in the diminutive Würzel, and then I think of Mudcatter Carly Gewirz and her bearded brother Bruce.
Steve says, "the average person who speaks German for more than ten seconds is on the verge of projectile vomiting." I might agree, and I remember my first German teacher teaching us the explosive "Z" sound in "zeigen" back in 1962. He was 76 years old, and he'd start with the "ts" sound and then hold his breath until his face got red, and then he'd let it all out with a force that would spread coronavirus to the whole classroom.
But then I went to the U.S. Army Language school beautiful Monterey in California, and we had a lovely teacher named Frau Wray who had been an opera singer, and I fell in love with the German language (and with her). And when I visited Salzburg, the music was as beautiful and musical as she spoke it. Not so in Berlin, where I lived.
I linkified a number of plant names in posts above, and I hope nobody minds.