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MARASCHINO

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• MARASCHINO (noun)
The noun MARASCHINO has 2 senses:

1. distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries
2. cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur

Familiarity information: MARASCHINO used as a noun is rare.

• MARASCHINO (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

maraschino; maraschino liqueur

Hypernyms ("maraschino" is a kind of...):

cordial; liqueur (strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal)

Meronyms (substance of "maraschino"):

marasca (small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

maraschino; maraschino cherry

Hypernyms ("maraschino" is a kind of...):

confection; sweet (a food rich in sugar)

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