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Chartreuse

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Char·treuse  (shär-trz, -trs, -trz)
A trademark used for a usually yellow or green liqueur.
char·treuse  (shär-trz, -trs, -trz)
n.
A strong to brilliant greenish yellow to moderate or strong yellow green.
[After Chartreuse.]
char·treuse adj.
chartreuse [ʃɑːˈtrɜːz (French) ʃartrøz]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) either of two liqueurs, green or yellow, made from herbs and flowers
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
a.  a colour varying from a clear yellowish-green to a strong greenish-yellow
b.  (as adjective) a chartreuse dress
[from French, after La Grande Chartreuse, monastery near Grenoble, where the liqueur is produced]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Chartreuse - aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France
cordial, liqueur - strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
hyssop oil - used chiefly in liqueurs
2.Chartreusechartreuse - a shade of green tinged with yellow
pea green, yellow green, yellowish green, Paris green
green, viridity, greenness - green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
Adj.1.chartreuse - of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue


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His flight from the active world, so genially celebrated in this newly published poem of The Recluse; his flight to the Vale of Grasmere, like that of some pious youth to the Chartreuse, is the most marked event of his existence.
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On a lovely spring morning in the year 1829, a man of fifty or thereabouts was wending his way on horseback along the mountain road that leads to a large village near the Grande Chartreuse.
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I expected to have a guide named Henri de Montmorency, or Armand de la Chartreuse, or something that would sound grand in letters to the villagers at home, but to think of a Frenchman by the name of Billfinger
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