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Definition of Chives

1. Noun. Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.

2. Noun. Cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.

Definition of Chives

1. Noun. (plural of chive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chives

1. chive [n] - See also: chive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chives

chivalries chivalrous chivalrously chivalrousness chivaree chivareed chivareeing chivarees chivari chivaried

chivaries chivariing chive chived chives (current term) chivied chivies chiving chivs chivved

chivvied chivvier chivviers chivvies chivving chivvy chivvying chivy chivying

Literary usage of Chives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"ED J chives in the University of Oxford; and assisted his friend and contemporary Judge Blackstone in bis researches respecting the right of Fellowships, ..."

2. Putnam's Vegetable Book by Mae Savell Croy (1917)
"chives No garden should be without its bunches of chives. As a flavoring for soups there is no ... chives are best propagated by dividing the small bulbs. ..."

3. History of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Henry Lebbeus Oak, Frances Fuller Victor, Alfred Bates (1888)
"chives AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY — COUNTIES — POPULATION — FINANCE—EDUCATION—INDUSTRIES—TRADE—FAIRS—AGRICULTURE AND STOCK-RAISING—STATISTICS FROM CENSUS ..."

4. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1896)
"... the prisons of Paris were the resort of chives de la Bastille" survive. It is by the every person who had a ..."

5. The Kitchen and Fruit Gardener: A Select Manual of Kitchen Gardening, and (1847)
"chives.—chives are used by many, both in the kitchen and in salads, and are a substitute for spring onions. They will grow almost in any soil, ..."

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