- chives
- noun1. perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning• Syn: ↑chive, ↑cive, ↑schnittlaugh, ↑Allium schoenoprasum• Hypernyms: ↑alliaceous plant2. cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning• Hypernyms: ↑herb• Part Holonyms: ↑chive, ↑cive, ↑schnittlaugh, ↑Allium schoenoprasum
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a plant with long thin leaves that taste like onion and are used for flavouring food* * *
1. a plant of the same family as the onion and leek, having a very small bulb. Chives are perennial.2. its long, slender leaves, used as a seasoning in soups, salads, stews, and other prepared foods.╂[Middle English cive < Old French, any of several small species of onion < Latin caepa onion]* * *
[chīvz]plural n. a widely cultivated small Eurasian plant related to the onion, with purple-pink flowers and dense tufts of long tubular leaves that are used as a culinary herb. ● Allium schoenoprasum, family Liliaceae (or Alliaceae)■ the leaves from this plantfreshly chopped chives | [as adj.] chive chive and garlic dressing
Origin:Middle English: from Old French, dialect variant of cive, from Latin cepa ‘onion’* * *
the long thin leaves of a plant with purple flowers. Chives taste like onions and are used to give flavour to food.Derived Word: ↑chiveWord Origin:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.