About The Word Chartreuse
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Chartreuse
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What's The Definition Of Chartreuse?
[n] a shade of green tinged with yellow
[n] aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint; made at monastery near Grenoble France [adj] having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur Synonyms | Synonyms for Chartreuse: chromatic | Paris green | pea green | yellow green | yellowish green Related Terms | Find terms related to Chartreuse: aestival | beryl-green | berylline | blue-green | bluish-green | chloranemic | chlorine | chlorotic | citrine | citrinous | emerald | foliaged | glaucescent | glaucous | glaucous-green | grassy | green | green as grass | green-blue | greenish | greenish-blue | greenish-yellow | greensick | holly | ivy | ivy-green | leafy | leaved | olivaceous | olive | olive-green | porraceous | smaragdine | springlike | summerlike | summery | verdant | verdurous | vernal | vernant | vert | virescent | yellowish-green See Also | cordial | green | greenness | hyssop oil | liqueur | viridity Chartreuse In Webster's Dictionary \Char`treuse"\, n. [F.]
1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother
house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble,
France.
2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; --
made at La Grande Chartreuse.
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