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marasca

marasca noun: a European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.

marasca: a European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for...
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Noun

marasca (plural marascas)

  1. A European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.

Forms of marasca

pluralmarascas

Origin of marasca

From Italian marasca, from amarasca, from amaro (“bitter”), from Latin amārus (“bitter”).

Questions about marasca

What does marasca mean?
Marasca means a European cultivar of the wild cherry (Prunus cerasus), that bears bright red fruit used for making maraschino.
What part of speech is marasca?
Marasca is a noun.
What is the plural of marasca?
The plural of marasca is marascas.

Words near marasca in the dictionary

  1. Marantos
  2. Marantz
  3. Marapu
  4. Mararanjani
  5. maras
  6. marasca
  7. marascas
  8. maraschino
  9. maraschino cherries
  10. maraschino cherry
  11. maraschinos

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