- maraschino liqueur
- noundistilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries• Syn: ↑maraschino• Substance Meronyms: ↑marasca
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maraschino liqueur
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Maraschino — A bottle of Maraschino liqueur. Maraschino ( / … Wikipedia
Maraschino cherry — A Maraschino cherry. A maraschino cherry ( / … Wikipedia
maraschino cherry — noun 1. Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur • Syn: ↑marasca, ↑marasca cherry, ↑Prunus cerasus marasca • Hypernyms: ↑sour cherry, ↑sour cherry tree, ↑Prunus cerasus … Useful english dictionary
maraschino — 1791, cherry liqueur, from It. maraschino strong, sweet liqueur made from juice of the marasca (a bitter black cherry), aphetic of amarasca, from amaro bitter, from L. amarus sour, from PIE root *om raw, bitter. Maraschino cherry, one preserved… … Etymology dictionary
Maraschino — Ma ra*schi no, n. [It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a sour cherry, L. amarus bitter.] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maraschino — [mar΄ə shē′nō, mar΄əskē′nō] n. [It < marasca, amarasca, kind of cherry < amaro, bitter < L amarus < IE base * om , raw, bitter > OE ampre, sorrel] a strong, sweet liqueur or cordial made from the fermented juice of the marasca … English World dictionary
maraschino — [ˌmarə ski:nəʊ, ʃi:nəʊ] noun (plural maraschinos) 1》 a strong, sweet liqueur made from small black Dalmatian cherries. 2》 (also maraschino cherry) a cherry preserved in maraschino. Origin Ital., from marasca (the name of the cherry), from amaro… … English new terms dictionary
maraschino — n. (pl. os) a strong sweet liqueur made from a small black Dalmatian cherry. Phrases and idioms: maraschino cherry a cherry preserved in maraschino and used to decorate cocktails etc. Etymology: It. f. marasca small black cherry, for amarasca f.… … Useful english dictionary
maraschino — noun (plural nos) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Italian, from marasca bitter wild cherry, alteration of amarasca, from amaro bitter more at amaretto Date: 1770 1. a sweet liqueur distilled from the fermented juice of a bitter wild cherry 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
maraschino — /mar euh skee noh, shee /, n. a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas. [1785 95; < It; see MARASCA, INE1] * * * … Universalium
