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CIVE

Dictionary entry overview: What does cive mean?

• CIVE (noun)
The noun CIVE has 1 sense:

1. perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning

Familiarity information: CIVE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CIVE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allium schoenoprasum; chive; chives; cive; schnittlaugh

Hypernyms ("cive" is a kind of...):

alliaceous plant (bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor)

Meronyms (parts of "cive"):

chives (cylindrical leaves used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning)

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