marasca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.

Word forms

marasca marascas

Etymology

From Italian marasca, from amarasca, from amaro (“bitter”), from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

Related words

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