different between chives vs ramsons

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??a?vz/
• Rhymes: -a?vz

Noun

chives

1. plural of chive

Verb

chives

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chive

Spanish

Verb

chives

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of chivar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of chivar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ramsons, ramsens, rampsons, ramesones, ramsouns, plural of Middle English ramson, ramsen (“wild garlic”), reinterpreted as a singular form, from Old English hramsan, nominative plural of Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *hramus?, from Proto-Germanic *hramusô (“onion; leek”), from Proto-Indo-European *kremus-, *kermus- (“wild garlic; onion”).

Noun

ramsons pl (normally plural, singular ramson)

1. A wild relative of chives, Allium ursinum, having edible leaves and roots.

Synonyms

• (wild garlic): buckrams, wild garlic, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear garlic, bear's garlic

Translations

Further reading

• Allium ursinum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Allium ursinum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Allium ursinum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• ramsons at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• Ransoms, Rosmans, Rossman, ransoms, sarmons

Middle English

Noun

ramsons

1. plural of ramson