chive

noun \ˈchīv\

: a plant that is related to the onion

chives : the long thin leaves of the chive plant that are cut into small pieces and used for flavoring food

Full Definition of CHIVE

: a perennial plant (Allium schoenoprasum) related to the onion and having slender leaves used as a seasoning; also : its leaves —usually used in plural — compare garlic chive

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Origin of CHIVE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin cepa onion

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with CHIVE

Clive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, jive, live, rive, shrive, skive, strive, thrive, wive

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