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Chives   /tʃaɪvz/   Listen
Chives

noun
1.
Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.  Synonyms: Allium schoenoprasum, chive, cive, schnittlaugh.
2.
Cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.





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"Chives" Quotes from Famous Books



... garden, they have told us, is charming; that person (Sa'di) knows it who is relating that story; or, in other words, that the fresh-shooting down on their charmers' cheeks is what the hearts of their admirers chiefly covet:—Thy garden is like a bed of chives: the more thou croppest it, the more it will shoot:—Last year thou didst depart smooth as an antelope, to-day thou art returned bearded like a pard. Sa'di admires the fresh-shooting down, not when each hair is stiff as a packing-needle:—Whether ...
— Persian Literature, Volume 2, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The - Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan • Anonymous


Words linked to "Chives" :   herb, alliaceous plant


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