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maraschino

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mar·a·schi·no  (mr-skn, -sh-)
n. pl. mar·a·schi·nos
A cordial made from the fermented juice and crushed pits of the marasca cherry.
[Italian, from marasca, marasca, from amarasca, from amaro, bitter, from Latin amrus.]
maraschino [mar-rass-kee-no]
Noun
a liqueur made from a type of sour cherry having a taste like bitter almonds [Italian]
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Noun1.maraschino - distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries
maraschino liqueur
cordial, liqueur - strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal
marasca - small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
2.maraschino - cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
maraschino cherry
confection, sweet - a food rich in sugar


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