Chartreuse
noun
an aromatic liqueur, usually yellow or green, made by the Carthusian monks at Grenoble, France, and, at one time, at Tarragona, Spain.
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chartreusenouneither of two liqueurs, green or yellow, made from herbs and flowers
Chartreuse
American
[shahr-trooz, -troos, sha r -trœz]
/ ʃɑrˈtruz, -ˈtrus, ʃarˈtrœz /
noun
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an aromatic liqueur, usually yellow or green, made by the Carthusian monks at Grenoble, France, and, at one time, at Tarragona, Spain.
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(lowercase) a clear, light green with a yellowish tinge.
adjective
chartreuse
British
/ ʃɑːˈtrɜːz, ʃartrøz /
noun
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either of two liqueurs, green or yellow, made from herbs and flowers
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a colour varying from a clear yellowish-green to a strong greenish-yellow
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( as adjective )
a chartreuse dress
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Etymology
Origin of Chartreuse
1865–70; < French, after La Grande Chartreuse, Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, where the liqueur is made
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It isn’t quite brat—more akin to the Yellow Chartreuse liqueur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Chartreuse became “a mixologist’s ace in the hole,” said Joe Kakos, an owner of Kakos Market, a liquor store in Birmingham, Michigan.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
According to Chartreuse Diffusion, the business arm of the monks’ operation, it took more than 150 years for the Carthusians to “unravel the secret of the manuscript.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
Lisa Bauer, the owner of Seattle-based Chartreuse Landscape Design, says the first step in selecting a tree is evaluating the space you have in three dimensions to forecast the tree’s ultimate height and width.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
This was like the light in Chartreuse liqueur, like the green flash, and I kept wondering, How did I escape?
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
According to the researchers' calculations, these elements give the star a distinctive chartreuse green appearance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
As he moves deeper and finds scattered, malformed remnants of his past inside the chartreuse oblivion, Clark makes a Faustian pact with whatever entities are inside the Backrooms.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
Middeck, Dr. Becky appears in a chartreuse Good Inside sweatshirt—$55 on the Good Inside shop: “the perfect fit for your parenting journey,” according to the site.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Styled by Rebecca Corbin-Murray, she paired the chartreuse dress with marching diamonds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
She had always regarded the color turquoise, like shocking pink and chartreuse, as the color equivalent of the word ain't: quaint when seldom used but vulgar in great doses.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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