Maraschino

/ˌmæɹ.əˈʃi.noʊ/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sweet liqueur made from marasca cherries. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur wordnet
  3. 3
    distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries wordnet

Synonyms

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maraschino liqueurcandied cherrycherry liqueurcordialglacé cherrymaraschino cherry

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"Nothing tastes better than the maraschino cherry."

Etymology

From Italian maraschino, from marasca, from amaro (“bitter”).

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