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Chives   /tʃaɪvz/   Listen
Chives

noun
1.
Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning.  Synonyms: Allium schoenoprasum, chive, cive, schnittlaugh.
2.
Cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.






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"Chives" Quotes from Famous Books



... bell-shaped white, pink, red, yellow or blue perianth. Several species afford useful foods, such as onion (Allium Cepa), leek (A. Porrum), shallot or eschallot (A. ascalonicum), garlic (A. sativum), and chives (A. schoenoprasum.) A few species are cultivated as border plants; such are A. Moly, an old garden plant with bright yellow flowers, and A. neapolitanum, the well-known white-flowered species, both natives of ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... have been previously covered with thin slices of bacon; fill up the vacant spaces with a stuffing made of three tablespoonfuls of finely minced veal, the same of beef suet, four tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs, a little pepper and salt, a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, a teaspoonful of minced chives and a dozen small mushrooms, chopped fine. Strew these ingredients over the cauliflowers in alternate layers and pour over them three well-beaten eggs. When these are well soaked add sufficient nicely-flavored ...
— The Cauliflower • A. A. Crozier

... over a thick layer of mayonnaise dressing, with which you have mixed a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a tablespoonful of tarragon leaves, a tablespoonful of chopped onion or shallot, and a tablespoonful of green chives. ...
— Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with - Refreshments for all Social Affairs • Mrs. S. T. Rorer

... care is, To worship ye, the Lares, With crowns of greenest parsley, And garlick chives not scarcely; For favors here to warme me, And not by fire to harme me; For gladding so my hearth here, With inoffensive mirth here; That while the wassaile bowle here With North-down ale doth troule here, ...
— A Handbook for Latin Clubs • Various



Words linked to "Chives" :   herb, schnittlaugh, chive, alliaceous plant, Allium schoenoprasum



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