Hop tree

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(Bot.) a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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