Maraschino

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maraschino \Ma`ra*schi"no\, n. [It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a
     sour cherry, L. amarus bitter.]
     A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored
     with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maraschino
       n 1: distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca
            cherries
       2: cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
          [syn: {maraschino cherry}]