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means The cone-shaped flowers of the hop plant, used to add bitterness, flavor, and aroma to beer and to help preserve it.

from Hops traces to Old English/Middle Dutch 'hoppe,' a word with Germanic roots that spread across northern Europe as brewers discovered the plant's preservative powers. The Old English word for the plant existed before brewers widely used it this way — hopped beer only became standard in England well after continental brewers (especially in the Low Countries) popularized it, which is partly why 'hops' sounds Dutch-flavored to English ears: it largely is.