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Webster 1913 Edition
Chive
Chive
,Noun.
 (Bot.) 
A filament of a stamen. 
[Obs.] 
Webster 1828 Edition
Chive
CHIVE
, N. A SPECIES OF SMALL ONION.Definition 2025
chive
chive
See also: chivé
English

Chive (left) and onion (right)
Noun
chive (plural chives)
- A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
 - (in plural chives) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
 
Translations
plant
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chives: herb
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See also
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 Allium schoenoprasum on  Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
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 Allium schoenoprasum on  Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
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 chives on  Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
 - chive at USDA Plants database
 - Chinese chives
 - scallion
 - shallot
 - spring onion
 
References
- “chive” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
 
Spanish
Verb
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