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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

cive

, fr. L.

cepa

caepa

, onion. Cf.

(Bot.)

A perennial plant (

Allium Schoenoprasum

), allied to the onion, having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.

[Written also

cive

Syn. – chive, cive, schnittlaugh,

Allium schoenoprasum

Noun.

plu.

In botany, slender threads or filaments in the blossoms of plants. [See Stamen.]

See also: chives

chivés

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (vos) present subjunctive form of chivar.