chartreuse

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: char=treuse

CIDE DICTIONARY

chartreuse, n. [F.].

•  A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.  [1913 Webster]
•  An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

chartreuse, n.
1 a pale green or yellow liqueur of brandy and aromatic herbs etc.
2 the pale yellow or pale green colour of this.
3 a dish of fruit enclosed in jelly etc.

Etymology

La Grande Chartreuse (Carthusian monastery near Grenoble)

THESAURUS

chartreuse

aestival, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine, citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucous-green, grassy, green, green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue, greenish-yellow, greensick, holly, ivy, ivy-green, leafy, leaved, olivaceous, olive, olive-green, porraceous, smaragdine, springlike, summerlike, summery, verdant, verdurous, vernal, vernant, vert, virescent, yellowish-green