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maraschino

Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

maraschino(n = noun.food) maraschino liqueur - distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries; Array

is a kind of cordial, liqueur

maraschino(n = noun.food) maraschino cherry - cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur; Array

is a kind of confection, sweet

maraschino, 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]

maraschino, n. (pl. -os) a strong sweet liqueur made from a small black Dalmatian cherry.

Idiom

maraschino cherry a cherry preserved in maraschino and used to decorate cocktails etc.

Etymology

It. f. marasca small black cherry, for amarasca f. amaro bitter f. L amarus

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