A lively rabbit uses me to skip across the clover, but tack an 's' onto the end of my name and I become the aromatic, bitter plant used to flavor batches of beer. What am I?
Hop
A hop is a bunny's jumping motion; 'hops' are the dried flowers used in brewing.
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