maraschino

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UK/ˌmæɹ.əˈʃiː.nəʊ/UK/ˌmæɹ.əˈskiː.nəʊ/US, common/ˌmæɹ.əˈʃi.noʊ/US/ˌmæɹ.əˈski.noʊ/

noun

A sweet liqueur made from marasca cherries.

Similar
maraschino liqueurmaraschino cherry
OriginItalian maraschino →
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Meanings

nounmaraschino (countable and uncountable, plural maraschinos)

plural maraschinos

  1. countableuncountableA sweet liqueur made from marasca cherries.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundistilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries

Similar
maraschino liqueur
Broader
liqueurcordial

nouncherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur

Similar
maraschino cherry
Broader
sweetconfection
Also see
maraschino cherry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianmaraschino
  2. Englishmaraschino

From Italian maraschino, from marasca (“morello cherry”) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”), from amarasca, from amaro (“bitter”).

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APA

maraschino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maraschino

MLA

“maraschino.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maraschino. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maraschino,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maraschino.

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