n. The small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The marasca cherry.
Syn. -- marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A Dalmation bitter wild cherry tree (Prunus cerasus marasca) bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur.
Syn. -- marasca, maraschino cherry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a sour cherry, L. amarus bitter. ] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A cherry which is colored a deep red and sweetened by cooking in colored syrup, and flavored with maraschino. It is used as a garnish in deserts and cocktails. [ PJC ]

2. The marasca cherry tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of chiefly small white-spored mushrooms, including the Marasmius oreades, the mushroon that grow in a fairy ring.
Syn. -- genus Marasmius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; , fr. &unr_;, to quench, as fire; pass., to die away. ] (Med.) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pining atrophy,
Marasmus, and wide-wasting pestilence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marasmus senilis [ L. ], progressive atrophy of the aged. [ 1913 Webster ]