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noun 
  1. A plant that is perennial (Latin Allium schoenoprasum), related to the onion.
  2. (in plural chives) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: bieslook
  • French: ciboulette , cive
    (trans-mid)
  • German: Schnittlauch
  • Italian: erba cipollina , cipolletta
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: cebollanas, (qualifier, Mexico) cebollines
Etymology: Derived from the (term, cepa, , onion, lang=la).


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