noun
twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
• Syn: ↑hop
• Hypernyms: ↑vine
• Hyponyms:
↑common hop, ↑common hops, ↑bine, ↑European hop, ↑Humulus lupulus, ↑American hop, ↑Humulus americanus, ↑Japanese hop, ↑Humulus japonicus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Humulus, ↑genus Humulus
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present third singular of hop
plural of hop
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/ˈhɑːps/ noun [plural]
: the dried flowers of a plant that are used to give a bitter flavor to beer and ale
Useful english dictionary. 2012.