MARASCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marasca mean? 

• MARASCA (noun)
  The noun MARASCA has 2 senses:

1. small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made

2. Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur

  Familiarity information: MARASCA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARASCA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("marasca" is a kind of...):

fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)

Holonyms ("marasca" is a part of...):

marasca; marasca cherry; maraschino cherry; Prunus cerasus marasca (Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur)

Holonyms ("marasca" is a substance of...):

maraschino; maraschino liqueur (distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

marasca; marasca cherry; maraschino cherry; Prunus cerasus marasca

Hypernyms ("marasca" is a kind of...):

Prunus cerasus; sour cherry; sour cherry tree (rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit)

Meronyms (parts of "marasca"):

marasca (small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made)