Leek vs. Chive

Leeknoun

The vegetable Allium ampeloprasum, of the lily family, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

Leeknoun

Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

Leeknoun

A plant of the genus Allium (Allium Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.

Leeknoun

plant having a large slender white bulb and flat overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum

Leeknoun

related to onions; white cylindrical bulb and flat dark-green leaves

Leek

The leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek. The edible part of the plant is a bundle of leaf sheaths that is sometimes erroneously called a stem or stalk.

Chivenoun

A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

Chivenoun

(in the plural) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

Chivenoun

(obsolete) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.

Chivenoun

(thieves' cant) A knife.

Chivenoun

(thieves' cant) A file.

Chivenoun

(thieves' cant) A saw.

Chiveverb

(thieves' cant) To stab.

Chiveverb

(thieves' cant) To cut.

Chivenoun

A filament of a stamen.

Chivenoun

A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion, having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc.

Chivenoun

the bulbous herb Allium Schoenoprasum used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning.

Chivenoun

perennial having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning