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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Chive [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A SPECIES OF SMALL ONION.

Chive [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

2. A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.

Chives [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

plural In botany, slender threads or filaments in the blossoms of plants. [ See Stamen .]