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Chartreuse

Chartreuse Meaning & Definition
Chartreuse Definition And Meaning

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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