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Definition: hop hornbeam
hop hornbeam
n : any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting
clusters resembling hops
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hop hornbeam
Hop
\Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G.
hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel.
humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (
Humulus Lupulus), having a
long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its
fruit (hops).
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2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in
brewing to give a bitter taste.
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3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See
Hip.
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Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st
Back.
Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads
like hops in miniature (
Trifolium agrarium, and
Trifolium procumbens).
Hop flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea beetle (
Haltica concinna
), very injurious to hops.
Hop fly (Zo["o]l.), an aphid (
Phorodon humuli), very
injurious to hop vines.
Hop froth fly (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect
(
Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It
often does great damage to hop vines.
Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus
Ostrya
(
Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a
European species (
Ostrya vulgaris).
Hop moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth (
Hypena humuli), which in the
larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
Hop picker, one who picks hops.
Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.
Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (
Ptelia trifoliata
), having broad, flattened fruit in large
clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
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Hornbeam
\Horn"beam`\, n. [See
Beam.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus
Carpinus (
Carpinus Americana), having
a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white
and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the
United States, and is also called
ironwood. The English
hornbeam is
Carpinus Betulus. The American is called also
blue beech and
water beech.
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Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under
Hop.
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