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CHIVES Antonyms

There are 9 antonyms of the word chives. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For CHIVES

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garlic
nounn
noun

• bulbous herb of southern Europe widely naturalized; bulb breaks up into separate strong-flavored cloves

• aromatic bulb used as seasoning

roots
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

bulbs
nounn
noun

• a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure

• electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

• a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)

• anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop

• lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)

• a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ

cloves
nounn
noun

• aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice

• moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves

• one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb

• spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground

leeks
nounn
noun

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

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

onions
nounn
noun

• the bulb of an onion plant

• bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb

• an aromatic flavorful vegetable

scallions
nounn
noun

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

• a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads

shallots
nounn
noun

• aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion

• type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning

• small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning

stems
verb, nounv, n
noun

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

• the tube of a tobacco pipe

• front part of a vessel or aircraft

• a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

verb

• grow out of, have roots in, originate in

• cause to point inward

• stop the flow of a liquid

• remove the stem from

Alternatives for GARLIC

Alternatives for ROOTS

Alternatives for BULBS

Alternatives for LEEKS

Alternatives for ONIONS

Alternatives for SCALLIONS

Alternatives for SHALLOTS

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