maraschino

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And maraschino--why, that was the favourite white liqueur of the innocent Dr. Young. She could remember even now the way he seemed to smack his lips, saying the word maraschino_.

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  1. noun A cordial made from the fermented juice and crushed pits of the marasca cherry.

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  1. Italian, from marasca, marasca, from amarasca, from amaro, bitter, from Latin amārus.

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  1. Also marasquino (from Spanish Portuguese marasquino) and marasquin (from French marasquin); from Italian maraschino, from marasea, a kind of cherry: see marasca.
 

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/mæræsˈkinoʊ/
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