Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

marasca

[muh-ras-kuh]
noun
  1. a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
Show More

Origin of marasca

1860–65; < Italian, aphetic variant of amarasca, derivative of amaro < Latin amārus bitter
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for marasca

Historical Examples

  • The best is from Zara, and is obtained from the marasca cherry only.

    Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II

    Arnold Cooley

  • The marasca, or wild cherry, is abundant, and yields the celebrated liqueur called maraschino.

  • The Marasca cherry is a native of the province of Dalmatia, Austria, where the trees grow wild and are now sparingly cultivated.

  • According to the Dalmatians all attempts to improve the Marasca cherry by culture have failed.

British Dictionary definitions for marasca

marasca

noun
  1. a European cherry tree, Prunus cerasus marasca, with red acid-tasting fruit from which maraschino is made
Show More

Word Origin

C19: from Italian, variant of amarasca from amaro, from Latin amārus bitter
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012