(chive)

  • 1Chivé — Basisdaten Vollständiger Name Comunidad El Chivé Einwohner (Stand) 232 Einw. (Volkszählung 2001) [1] Höhe 180  …

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  • 2chive — chive, chives chives, n. [F. cive, fr. L. cepa, caepa, onion. Cf. {Cives}, {Cibol}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant ({Allium Schoenoprasum}), allied to the onion, having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning. The young leaves are used in omelets …

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  • 3Chive — Chive, n. (Bot.) A filament of a stamen. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Chive — Un nom que l on trouve surtout en Normandie (Seine Maritime), et qui désigne un producteur d oignons (chive est une forme normande ou picarde de cive, qui signifie oignon. Du latin ciba) …

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  • 5chive — (n.) c.1400, from O.N.Fr. chive (O.Fr., Mod.Fr. cive, 13c.), from L. cepa onion (see ONION (Cf. onion)) …

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  • 6chive — [ tʃaıv ] noun plural a plant with long thin leaves that taste like onion and are used for flavoring food …

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  • 7chive — ar·chive; chive; …

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  • 8chive — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin cepa onion Date: 14th century a perennial plant (Allium schoenoprasum) related to the onion and having slender leaves used as a seasoning; also its leaves usually used in plural;… …

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  • 9chive — /chuyv/, n. a small bulbous plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the leek and onion, having long, slender leaves that are used as a seasoning. [1350 1400; ME cive < AF chive, OF cive L caepa onion] * * * Small, hardy perennial plant (Allium&#8230; …

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  • 10chive — Something stuck between your teeth Do you have a toothpick? I think I have a chive …

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