maraschino cherry

English

Maraschino cherries

Etymology

Derived from the historical use of the technique of preserving cherries in maraschino liqueur, an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of marasca cherries; the name continued to be used after production methods moved to nonalcoholic forms of preservation during the period of Prohibition in the United States.

Noun

maraschino cherry (plural maraschino cherries)

1. A preserved, sweetened cherry.
   • 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 22:

     The wife called not long ago to tell me she had run out of maraschino cherries again.

Translations

preserved, sweetened cherry

• French: cerise au marasquin (fr) f
• German: Cocktailkirsche f, Belegkirsche f, Maraschino-Kirsche f
• Russian: кокте́йльная ви́шня (ru) (koktéjlʹnaja víšnja)
• Spanish: guinda al marasquino (es) f, cereza al marrasquino f
• Yiddish: מאַראַסקינאָ־⁠קאַרש (maraskino-⁠karsh)