Chartreuse

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  • noun. A strong to brilliant greenish yellow to moderate or strong yellow green.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In cookery, a preparation usually of game, fillets, etc., incased in a mold of rice; also, fruits inclosed in blanc-mange or puddings.
  • noun. A monastery of Carthusian monks, especially in France.
  • noun. A highly esteemed tonic cordial, obtained by the distillation of various aromatic plants, especially nettles, growing on the Alps.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.
  • noun. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
  • noun. A greenish yellow colour.
  • adjective. of a bright yellowish-green colour.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. of something having the yellowish green color of Chartreuse liqueur
  • noun. aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France
  • noun. a shade of green tinged with yellow
    • Word Usage
    "In the top 10 feet of the water, chartreuse is hard to beat."
    cross-reference
    Colours  chartreuse cat  chartreuse pottery  
    Equivalent
    chromatic  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cordial  green  greenness  liqueur  viridity  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bruce  Cruz  Druse  Druze  Duce  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Hus  apple-green  black-tipped  cotton-candy  grass-like  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aestival  beryl-green  berylline  blue-green  bluish-green  
    variant
    la grande chartreuse  
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