noun. A bulbous herb (Allium schoenoprasum) native to Eurasia, having clusters of usually pink to rose-violet flowers and cultivated for its long, slender, hollow leaves.

noun. The leaves of this plant used as a seasoning.

noun. A piece cut off.

noun. In botany, the filament which supports the anther of a flower; a stamen.

noun. Same as cive.

noun. A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion, having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.

noun. the bulbous herb Allium Schoenoprasum used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.

noun. A filament of a stamen.

noun. A plant that is perennial (Allium schoenoprasum), related to the onion.

noun. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

noun. perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning

"It is supposed by some of the Welsh, and in some notes to a poem the author (Mr.P. Lewellyn) says he has been confidently assured, that the leek, as is generally supposed to be, is not the original emblem of Wales, but the sive, or chive, which is common to almost every peasant's garden."

Chinese chives  scallion  shallot  spring onion  

chives  

alliaceous plant  

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