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noun
A European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca
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Broader terms: sour cherry, sour cherry tree, Prunus cerasus
noun
small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fruit
History
From Italian marasca, from amarasca, from amaro (“bitter”), from Latin amārus (“bitter”).
