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maraschino cherry en · NOUN

Etymology

Derived from the historical use of the technique of preserving cherries in maraschino liqueur, an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of marasca cherries; the name continued to be used after production methods moved to nonalcoholic forms of preservation during the period of Prohibition in the United States.

Meanings

1. A preserved, sweetened cherry.
   • The wife called not long ago to tell me she had run out of maraschino cherries again. 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 22:

Forms

Translations (9)

de Maraschino-Kirsche (preserved, sweetened cherry) · fr cerise au marasquin (preserved, sweetened cherry) · es cereza al marrasquino (preserved, sweetened cherry) · yi מאַראַסקינאָ־⁠קאַרש (preserved, sweetened cherry) · ru кокте́йльная ви́шня (preserved, sweetened cherry) · es guinda al marasquino (preserved, sweetened cherry) · de Belegkirsche (preserved, sweetened cherry) · bg коктейлна череша (preserved, sweetened cherry) · de Cocktailkirsche (preserved, sweetened cherry)