chives

chives
noun
1. perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
• Hypernyms: ↑alliaceous plant
2. cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning
• Hypernyms: ↑herb
• Part Holonyms: ↑chive, ↑cive, ↑schnittlaugh, ↑Allium schoenoprasum

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chives UK [tʃaɪvz] US noun [plural]
a plant with long thin leaves that taste like onion and are used for flavouring food
Thesaurus: herbs, spices and condimentshyponym types of food or drinkhypernym

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chive «chyv», noun, or chive garlic. Often chives.
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]

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[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 plant

freshly chopped chives | [as adj.] chive chive and garlic dressing

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, dialect variant of cive, from Latin cepa ‘onion’

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chives [tʃaɪvz] [tʃaɪvz] noun plural
the long thin leaves of a plant with purple flowers. Chives taste like onions and are used to give flavour to food.
Derived Word: ↑chive  
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, dialect variant of cive, from Latin cepa ‘onion’.

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