marasca

ma·ras·ca  (m-rsk)

n.

A European cultivar of the sour cherry tree (Prunus cerasus) bearing bitter red fruit from which maraschino is made.

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[Italian; see maraschino.]

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marasca [məˈræskə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a European cherry tree, Prunus cerasus marasca, with red acid-tasting fruit from which maraschino is made

[from Italian, variant of amarasca from amaro, from Latin amārus bitter]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marasca - small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made maraschino, maraschino liqueur - distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, marasca - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
	2.	marasca - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca Prunus cerasus, sour cherry, sour cherry tree - rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit marasca - small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made

Translations

marasca [məˈræskə] n (tree) → marasco