See Also: chartreuse(dictionary)
chartreuse(dictionary)

chartreuse (iou)



chartreuse noun. E19.
[French, fem. of Chartreux: see CHARTREUX.]
Cookery. A dish turned out from a mould, of meat, vegetables, or (now more usually) of fruit enclosed in jelly etc. E19.
A green or yellow liqueur of brandy and aromatic herbs etc., orig. made by the monks of La Grande Chartreuse, near Grenoble, France. M19.
An apple-green colour. L19.