MARASCA CHERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marasca cherry mean? 

• MARASCA CHERRY (noun)
  The noun MARASCA CHERRY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: MARASCA CHERRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARASCA CHERRY (noun)

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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 cherry" 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 cherry"):

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