maraschino

[mar-uh-skee-noh, -shee-]

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noun

a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.

maraschino

/ -ˈʃiːnəʊ, ˌmærəˈskiːnəʊ /

noun

a liqueur made from marasca cherries and flavoured with the kernels, having a taste like bitter almonds

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Word History and Origins

Origin of maraschino¹

From Italian, dating back to 1785–95; marasca, -ine ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of maraschino¹

C18: from Italian; see _marasca

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Jack in the Box, founded in 1951 in San Diego, uses maraschino cherries and has a Fanta strawberry beverage that contains red No. 40 — an ingredient on the chopping block next year.

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Of course, I'll never turn down a maraschino cherry, with its waxy, artificial essence, a bright spot on top of any milkshake or sundae.

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It also has been used in toaster pastries, maraschino cherries, and some sodas and fruit-flavoured drinks.

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Hsu: And I thought it would be funny if she was drinking a vodka soda with maraschino cherries for breakfast.

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Dan: Yeah, the irony of Moira Rose never having an Emmy win and then all of us getting it felt like a really nice maraschino on top of everything.

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marasca maraschino cherry

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