hops (noun)
1hops — 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,… …
2common hops — noun European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America • Syn: ↑common hop, ↑bine, ↑European hop, ↑Humulus lupulus • Hypernyms: ↑hop, ↑hops …
3Japanese hop — noun ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage • Syn: ↑Humulus japonicus • Hypernyms: ↑hop, ↑hops * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized J : an ornamental climbing vine (Humulus …
4oast house — noun a building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof • Hypernyms: ↑house • Part Meronyms: ↑oast * * * oast house noun A building, usu with a conical roof, containing such kilns • • • Main Entry:… …
5small ale — noun : a weak ale brewed with little malt and little or no hops as a mild and cheap drink * * * small ale noun Ale made with little malt and no hops • • • Main Entry: ↑small * * * small ale, ale of low alcoholic strength, often made without hops; …
6Humulus — noun hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae • Syn: ↑genus Humulus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member… …
7common hop — noun European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America • Syn: ↑common hops, ↑bine, ↑European hop, ↑Humulus lupulus • Hypernyms: ↑hop, ↑hops …
8European hop — noun European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America • Syn: ↑common hop, ↑common hops, ↑bine, ↑Humulus lupulus • Hypernyms: ↑hop, ↑hops …
9genus Humulus — noun hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae • Syn: ↑Humulus • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member… …
10Humulus lupulus — noun European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America • Syn: ↑common hop, ↑common hops, ↑bine, ↑European hop • Hypernyms: ↑hop, ↑hops …
