Definition of European hop

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

Exact synonyms: Bine, Common Hop, Common Hops, Humulus Lupulus
Generic synonyms: Hop, Hops

Lexicographical Neighbors of European Hop

European elk
European elm
European field elm
European fire salamander
European flatfish
European fly honeysuckle
European gallinule
European garden spider
European garden spiders
European goatsucker
European hackberry
European hake
European hare
European hares
European honeysuckle
European hop (current term)
European hornbeam
European hornbeams
European house cricket
European ladies' tresses
European larch
European lemming
European lobster
European magpie
European mink
European minks
European miracle
European mistletoe
European mountain ash
European nation

Literary usage of European hop

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"In the United States the plants are usually placed about seven feet apart each way, but in European hop-fields the distance is about four feet. ..."

2. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"In the United States the plants are usually placed about seven feet apart each way, but in European hop-fields the distance is about four feet. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the by South Kensington Museum (1876)
"Agrarian statistical general map of the European hop-growing districts on the Continent and in England. 2. Special map of Bavaria. 3. „ Bohemia. 4. ..."

4. Trees of the Northern United States: Their Study, Description and by Austin Craig Apgar (1892)
"(European hop-HORNBEAM.) This species from Europe is much like the American one, but has longer, more slender, more pendulous fruit-clusters. ..."

5. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... a resemblance to the European hop hornbeam, that, in all probability, it is not specifically different, though it appears to be somewhat more tender. ..."

6. United States Government Publications by John H. Hickcox (1893)
"Maintenance of order, 16d Loan of flags, 166. Hooper, Mrs. MPG Patente of, »4. Hope. German, English, and European hop crop, 1H92. ..."

7. Hops: Their Cultivation, Commerce, and Uses in Various Countries. A Manual by Peter Lund Simmonds (1877)
"... and general map of the European hop-growing districts on the Continent and in England;" " tabular geographical representations of the cultivation of ..."

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