the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A cordial originating in Dalmatia, where it is distilled from or flavored with the marasca cherry, peculiar to that region; hence, a similar cordial produced in other regions from other kinds of cherry.
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n. cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
n. distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries
Word Usage
"Steep them for three hours in a plateful of weak kirsch, or maraschino, that is slightly warmed."