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noun
1.
an aromatic liqueur, usually yellow or green, made by the Carthusian monks at Grenoble, France, and, at one time, at Tarragona, Spain.
2.
(lowercase) a clear, light green with a yellowish tinge.
adjective
3.
(lowercase) of the color chartreuse.
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Origin:
1865–70; < French, after La Grande Chartreuse, Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, where the liqueur is made
1865–70; < French, after La Grande Chartreuse, Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, where the liqueur is made
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chartreuse
type of liqueur, 1866, from monastery of Carthusian order, which was founded 11c. and named for the massif de la Chartreuse (M.L. Carthusianus) mountain group in the Fr. Alps, where its first monastery was built. The liqueur recipe dates from early 17c.; the original now marketed as Les Pères
EXPAND Chartreux. The color (1884) is so called from resemblance to the pale apple-green hue of the best type of the liqueur.
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