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C2 noun #92,692 most common

chives

UK /t͡ʃaɪvz/ | US /t͡ʃaɪvz/
chives in 30 Seconds

A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

chives in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
  • (noun) (in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  • (noun) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
  2. 2
    noun (in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
  3. 3
    noun The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.
  4. 4
    noun (thieves' cant) A knife.
  5. 5
    noun (thieves' cant) A file.
  6. 6
    noun (thieves' cant) A saw.
  7. 7
    verb (thieves' cant) To stab.
  8. 8
    verb (thieves' cant) To cut.
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