maraschino cherry

maraschino cherry

n. A cherry preserved in a sweet red syrup. Until the early 1900s, the syrup was composed of maraschino.

maraschino cherry

n (Cookery) a cherry preserved in maraschino or an imitation of this liqueur, used as a garnish

mar′aschi′no cher′ry

n. a cherry preserved in maraschino or imitation maraschino. [1900–05]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maraschino cherry - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueurmarasca cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, marascaPrunus cerasus, sour cherry, sour cherry tree - rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruitmarasca - small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
	2.	maraschino cherry - cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueurmaraschinoconfection, sweet - a food rich in sugar

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