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Char⋅treuse

  [shahr-trooz, -troos; Fr. shar-trœz]
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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.
Origin:
1865–70; < F, after La Grande Chartreuse, Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, where the liqueur is made
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char·treuse   (shär-trōōz', -trōōs', -trɶz')   
n.  A strong to brilliant greenish yellow to moderate or strong yellow green.

[After Chartreuse.]
char·treuse' adj.
Char·treuse   (shär-trōōz', -trōōs', -trɶz')   
A trademark used for a usually yellow or green liqueur.
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Word Origin & History

chartreuse 
"liqueur," 1866, from monastery of Carthusian order. The liqueur recipe dates from early 17c.; the original now being marketed as Les Pères Chartreux. The color (1884) is so called from resemblance to the pale apple-green hue of the best type of the liqueur.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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