chives, chive, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium schoenoprasum
(noun) perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chive (plural chives)
A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.
(in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
(obsolete) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.
chive (plural chives)
(thieves' cant) A knife.
(thieves' cant) A file.
(thieves' cant) A saw.
chive (third-person singular simple present chives, present participle chiving, simple past and past participle chived)
(thieves' cant) To stab.
(thieves' cant) To cut.
Source: Wiktionary
Chive, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A filament of a stamen. [Obs.]
Chive, n. Etym: [F. cive, fr. L. cepa, caepa, onion. Cf. Cives, Cibol.] (Bot.)
Definition: A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [Written also cive.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
