Phrase guide

garlic chive

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A plant, Allium tuberosum, with long, thin, white-flowering stalks, related to chives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The garlic-flavoured leaves of this plant used as a vegetable in cooking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

large flat leaves used as chive is used

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flavorer, flavourer, flavoring, flavouring, seasoner, seasoning

4

noun

Meaning 4

a plant of eastern Asia; larger than Allium schoenoprasum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chinese chive, Oriental garlic, Allium tuberosum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: alliaceous plant

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: গন্ধনা (gondhona) — plant
  • Bengali: চিভ (cibh) — plant
  • Catalan: cibulet de la Xina — plant
  • Catalan: porradell de la Xina — plant
  • Chinese Cantonese: 韭菜 (gau2 coi3) — plant
  • Hakka Chinese: 快菜 (khoai-chhoi) — plant
  • Chinese: 韭菜 (kú-chhài) — plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 韭菜 (jiǔcài) — plant
  • Dutch: Chinese bieslook — plant
  • Finnish: kiinansipuli — plant
  • German: Knoblauch-Schnittlauch — plant
  • German: Schnittknoblauch — plant
  • German: Knolau — plant
  • Japanese: 韮 (nira) — plant
  • Japanese: 韭 (nira) — plant
  • Khmer: គូឆាយ (kuuchaay) — plant
  • Korean: 부추 (buchu) — plant
  • Korean: 전구지 (jeon'guji) — plant
  • Korean: 소풀 (sopul) — plant
  • Manipuri: ꯃꯔꯣꯢ ꯅꯥꯀꯨꯞꯄꯤ (maroi nākuppi) — plant
  • Russian: джуса́й (džusáj) — plant
  • Spanish: cuchay — plant
  • Swedish: kinesisk gräslök — plant
  • Tagalog: kutsay — plant
  • Thai: กุยช่าย (gui-châai) — plant
  • Vietnamese: hẹ — plant
  • Zhuang: byaekgap — plant
  • Chinese Cantonese: 韭菜 (gau2 coi3) — used in cooking
  • Hakka Chinese: 快菜 (khoai-chhoi) — used in cooking
  • Chinese: 韭菜 (kú-chhài) — used in cooking
  • Chinese Mandarin: 韭菜 (jiǔcài) — used in cooking
  • Finnish: kiinansipuli — used in cooking
  • Japanese: ニラ (nira) — used in cooking
  • Japanese: 韮 (nira) — used in cooking
  • Khmer: គូឆាយ (kuuchaay) — used in cooking
  • Russian: джуса́й (džusáj) — used in cooking
  • Spanish: cuchay — used in cooking
  • Swedish: kinesisk gräslök — used in cooking
  • Tagalog: kutsay — used in cooking
  • Thai: กุยช่าย (gui-châai) — used in cooking
  • Zhuang: byaekgap — used in cooking