n.
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old High German hopfo hop
Date: 15th century
1 plural : the ripe dried pistillate catkins of a perennial north-temperate zone twining vine ( Humulus lupulus ) of the hemp family used especially to impart a bitter flavor to malt liquors
2 : the vine from which hops is obtained having 3- to 5-lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers of which the pistillate ones are in glandular cone-shaped catkins
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