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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) marasca
a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small bitter fruit from which maraschino is made.

Etymology: (1860–65; < It, var. of amarasca, der. of amaro < L amārus bitter)

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

2. (noun) marasca, marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca
Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur

'marasca' - Nearby Entries
maranta marantaceae marasca marasca cherry maraschino maraschino cherry marasmius

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