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chartreuse

Pronunciation: /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/

The English word “chartreuse” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
  2. A greenish-yellow color.
  3. A kind of enamelled pottery.
  4. A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.

adjective

  1. Of a bright yellowish-green colour.

Etymology

Borrowed from French chartreuse. Doublet of charterhouse.

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