COMMON HOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common hops mean? 

• COMMON HOPS (noun)
  The noun COMMON HOPS has 1 sense:

1. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America

  Familiarity information: COMMON HOPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON HOPS (noun)

Meaning:

European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bine; common hop; common hops; European hop; Humulus lupulus

Hypernyms ("common hops" is a kind of...):

hop; hops (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)