marasca
Plural: marascas
Noun
- A small, sour wild cherry, used to make maraschino liqueur.
- small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made
- Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
- A European cultivar of the wild cherry, Prunus cerasus, that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.
Examples
- Finding MARASCA on her rack was a sweet surprise, a cherry on top of her score.
Origin / Etymology
From Italian marasca.
Synonyms
marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca
Scrabble Score: 11
marasca: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmarasca: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
marasca: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
marasca: valid Words With Friends Word