Definition of Hop clover. Meaning of Hop clover. Synonyms of Hop clover

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Hop clover. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Hop clover and, of course, Hop clover synonyms and on the right images related to the word Hop clover.

Definition of Hop clover

Hop clover
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). 2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. 3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back. Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. 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 (O. Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. 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.

Meaning of Hop clover from wikipedia

- Hop-clover is a common name for several different plants and may refer to: Trifolium: Trifolium aureum Trifolium campestre Trifolium agrarium Trifolium...
- the lesser trefoil, suckling clover, little hop clover or lesser hop trefoil, is a flowering plant in the pea and clover family Fabaceae. This species...
- Trifolium fragiferum, strawberry clover, with globose, rose-purple heads and swollen calyxes; Trifolium campestre, hop trefoil, on dry pastures and roadsides...
- nonesuch, or hop clover, is a plant of dry gr****land belonging to the legume or clover family. Plants of the genus Medicago, or bur clovers, are closely...
- Trifolium campestre, commonly known as hop trefoil, field clover and low hop clover, is a species of flowering plant native to Europe and western Asia...
- large hop trefoil, large trefoil, large hop clover, golden clover or hop clover, is a species of flowering plant native to much of Eurasia. Large hop trefoil...
- clover Trifolium aureum, yellow clover Trifolium beckwithii, Beckwith's clover Trifolium campestre, low hop clover Trifolium cyathiferum, cup clover Trifolium...
- Trifolium micranthum, the slender trefoil or slender hop clover, is a plant species of the genus Trifolium in the "pea family" ; Fabaceae or Papillionaceae...
- A shamrock is a type of clover, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, one of Ireland's patron saints, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the...
- Starr: Touch A Four Leaf Clover. A&M Records. 1983. "Atlantic Starr: Touch a Four Leaf Clover Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. "Atlantic...