Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cordial made from the fermented juice and crushed pits of marasca cherries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cordial originating in Dalmatia, where it is distilled from or flavored with the marasca cherry, peculiar to that region; hence, a similar cordial produced in other regions from other kinds of cherry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sweet
liqueur made frommarasca cherries
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
- noun distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Steep them for three hours in a plateful of weak kirsch, or maraschino, that is slightly warmed.
The Belgian Cookbook Various
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That's because the "maraschino" in the Floridita recipe is not a processed cherry but, rather, a colorless liqueur made from marasca cherries grown on Italy's Dalmatian coast.
Hemingway's Daiquiri 2008
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Further Addendum: (see comment in response to Matthew, below) If you search this blog for "maraschino" you will find an update.
Toast: Lindy 2005
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Further Addendum: (see comment in response to Matthew, below) If you search this blog for "maraschino" you will find an update.
The Christmas Present Lindy 2005
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Further Addendum: see comment in response to Matthew, below If you search this blog for "maraschino" you will find an update.
In a Glass Lindy 2007
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If you search the blog for "maraschino", you can find an update.
The Christmas Present Lindy 2005
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Further Addendum: see comment in response to Matthew, below If you search this blog for "maraschino" you will find an update.
Food and Drink Lindy 2005
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“I like to tell people a maraschino is the nutritional equivalent of a LifeSaver,” says Josh Reynolds, vice president of Gray & Company, the world’s biggest maraschino cherry manufacturer.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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“I like to tell people a maraschino is the nutritional equivalent of a LifeSaver,” says Josh Reynolds, vice president of Gray & Company, the world’s biggest maraschino cherry manufacturer.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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“I like to tell people a maraschino is the nutritional equivalent of a LifeSaver,” says Josh Reynolds, vice president of Gray & Company, the world’s biggest maraschino cherry manufacturer.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
oroboros commented on the word maraschino
Anagram of 'harmonicas'
December 5, 2010
fbharjo commented on the word maraschino
What harmonitics?
August 24, 2017