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maraschino cherry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables
maraschi-no cher-ry
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A preserved, sweetened cherry.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Derived from the historical use of the technique of preserving cherries in maraschino liqueur, an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of marasca cherries; the name continued to be used after production methods moved to nonalcoholic forms of preservation during the period of Prohibition in the United States.

Inflected Forms

maraschino cherries (plural)

Synonyms

maraschino marasca marasca cherry prunus cerasus marasca

Questions

What does maraschino cherry mean?
A preserved, sweetened cherry.
Where does maraschino cherry come from?
Derived from the historical use of the technique of preserving cherries in maraschino liqueur, an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of marasca cherries; the name continued to be used after production methods moved to nonalcoholic forms of preservation during the period of Prohibition in the United States.

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