chives
noun/tʃaɪvz/
/tʃaɪvz/
[plural]- the long, thin leaves of a plant with purple flowers. Chives taste like onions and are used to give extra taste to food.
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Topics Foodc2北葱,细香葱(长细叶,开紫色花,味似洋葱) Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, dialect variant of cive, from Latin cepa ‘onion’.