Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: chromatic, Paris green, pea green, yellow green, yellowish green

See Also: cordial, green, greenness, hyssop oil, liqueur, viridity

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