a cherry preserved in maraschino or an imitation of this liqueur, used as a garnish
maraschino cherry in American English
noun
a cherry cooked in colored syrup and flavored with maraschino, used to garnish desserts, cocktails, etc
Word origin
[1900–05]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, burnout, cathode-ray tube, desensitize, internship