Meaning

A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks..

Definitions by Sense

1. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
2. A greenish-yellow color.
3. (art) A kind of enamelled pottery.
4. (cooking) 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.
5. Of a bright yellowish-green colour.

Example Sentences

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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• chartreuses

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