marasca

ma·ras·ca

M0098700 (mə-răs′kə)n. A tree of any of several cultivars of the sour cherry that bear small bitter fruit from which maraschino is made.

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[Italian; see maraschino.]

marasca

(məˈræskə) n (Plants) a European cherry tree, Prunus cerasus marasca, with red acid-tasting fruit from which maraschino is made[C19: from Italian, variant of amarasca from amaro, from Latin amārus bitter]

ma•ras•ca

(məˈræs kə)

n., pl. -cas. a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small bitter fruit from which maraschino is made. [1860–65; < Italian, variant of amarasca, derivative of amaro < Latin amārus bitter]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marasca - small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is mademaraschino, maraschino liqueur - distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherriesmarasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, marasca - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueurfruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
	2.	marasca - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueurmarasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus 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

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