(Usually in plural.) The ripened cones of the female hop-plant (see 2), used for giving a bitter flavour to malt liquors, and as a tonic and…

A particular portion of the lower alimentary canal between the pylorus and the anus; = intestine, n.… transferred. Applied to the shoots or bine of…

The strobile, cone, or catkin, containing the female flowers of the hop.

the seed-vessel of the hop.

the trailing stem or bine of the hop-plant, or the whole plant.

spec. The climbing stem of the hop.

A twining or climbing stem of a plant; a flexible shoot. esp. The climbing stem of the hop-plant.

the climbing stem of the hop-plant.

Small shining grains of a yellowish colour found under the scales of the calyx of the hop, first described by Dr. Ives of New York (1822).

The female catkin or ‘cone’ of the hop before fertilization. [Possibly a different word: in French the vine when coming into bud is said to be en…

a hop bine having numerous hairs.

A natural structure having the form of a pin. The incipient burr or blossom of a hop plant. rare.