: a perennial plant (Allium schoenoprasum) related to the onion and having slender leaves used as a seasoning
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Do you want chives on your baked potato?
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Condiments, such as hot sauce and chives, were available.
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Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In areas with mild winters, chives can grow year-round.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 July 2025
Deviled eggs topped with shallot, bread crumbs, chive, smoked roe and caviar.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
Make sure to order: Crab and pork soup dumplings; pork and chive dumplings; and beef stewed noodle soup, fragrant with anise and clove.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In areas with mild winters, chives can grow year-round.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 July 2025
Deviled eggs topped with shallot, bread crumbs, chive, smoked roe and caviar.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
Make sure to order: Crab and pork soup dumplings; pork and chive dumplings; and beef stewed noodle soup, fragrant with anise and clove.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for chive
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“Chive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chive. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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chive
noun
: an herb related to the onion and having leaves used as a seasoning
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