chartreuse

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.

   “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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A greenish-yellow color.

   “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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)A kind of enamelled pottery.
4. (countable, uncountable)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.

   “ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of a bright yellowish-green colour.

name

1. A female given name from English.