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 from marasca 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

[Italian, from marasca, marasca, from amarasca, from amaro, bitter, from Latin amārus.]

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Examples

  • Steep them for three hours in a plateful of weak kirsch, or maraschino, that is slightly warmed.

    The Belgian Cookbook Various

  • 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

  • Further Addendum: (see comment in response to Matthew, below) If you search this blog for "maraschino" you will find an update.

    Toast: Lindy 2005

  • 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

  • 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

  • If you search the blog for "maraschino", you can find an update.

    The Christmas Present Lindy 2005

  • 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

  • “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

  • “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

  • “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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