Chartreuse

Definitions

1. A female given name from English.
2. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
   countable, uncountable
3. A greenish-yellow color.
   countable, uncountable
4. A kind of enamelled pottery.
   countable, uncountable
5. 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.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave⟳ of a second guest who had been dining with him.”

“Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have⟳ long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.”

“Well, we shot the line and we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus In a chartreuse microbus.”

“Every scrap of vegetation had been scorched from the parched soil, except for growths of black, orange, and chartreuse lichen that, from the air, gave the earth a scabbed and infected appearance.”

“ARRANGE⟳ DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse.”

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