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🟩 A yellow-green 🥃 A herbal liqueur 🟩 Yellow-green colored
chartreuse

chartreuse

2 9.9
A strong green or yellow alcoholic drink flavored with herbs
  • noun
  • /ʃɑrˈtrɜz/
translation icon : chartreuse
  • Maude had a weakness for chartreuse as well.
  • yellow Chartreuse
  • green Chartreuse

Examples

  • After dinner, we enjoyed a glass of chartreuse, savoring its unique herbal flavor.

  • Pour half an ounce of Chartreuse over the oregano in the glass, and set aside.

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  • I'm such a fan of chartreuse and this vivid green!

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  • The image of Julia Kristeva appears holding a glass of chartreuse.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • This version lets the Chartreuse do its thing and adds the smoked oregano flavors.

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  • The bartender skillfully mixed a cocktail with chartreuse and fresh lime juice.

  • At the tasting event, I loved trying the different variations of chartreuse and learning about its history.

Surface Forms

chartreuse singular
chartreuses plural

Etymology

Chartreuse for the drink comes from a French monastery called La Grande Chartreuse, where monks long ago made a strong liqueur using many herbs. So the drink is named after the place where those monks first made it.