marasca

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noun

A European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.

Similar
marasca cherrymaraschino cherryPrunus cerasus marasca
OriginItalian marasca ← Latin amārus →
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Meanings

nounmarasca (plural marascas)

plural marascas

  1. A European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur

Similar
marasca cherrymaraschino cherryPrunus cerasus marasca
Broader
sour cherrysour cherry treePrunus cerasus
Also see
maraschino cherry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinamārus“bitter”
  2. Italianmarasca
  3. Englishmarasca

From Italian marasca, from amarasca, from amaro (“bitter”), from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “marasca,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/marasca.

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