—used for a usually green or yellow liqueur
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Rachel King, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
So our host filled a half dozen tasting cups with a wild chartreuse color liquid.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
On October 18, Lively hit up the NY Food and Wine Festival dressed in various autumnal shades of green, pairing a chartreuse lace midi dress with dark green Christian Louboutin thigh-high boots, topping everything off with an oversized olive-toned cardigan.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2024
One of my main pieces from the ’60s was a tiny little miniskirt with a four-inch-wide rayon fringe that really shakes in Day-Glo chartreuse, pink, green, and white across the top.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Yellow chartreuse is milder and sweeter, with a more honeyed flavor but still contains the herbal complexity characteristic of the liqueur.
—Rachel King, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
So our host filled a half dozen tasting cups with a wild chartreuse color liquid.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2024
On October 18, Lively hit up the NY Food and Wine Festival dressed in various autumnal shades of green, pairing a chartreuse lace midi dress with dark green Christian Louboutin thigh-high boots, topping everything off with an oversized olive-toned cardigan.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2024
One of my main pieces from the ’60s was a tiny little miniskirt with a four-inch-wide rayon fringe that really shakes in Day-Glo chartreuse, pink, green, and white across the top.
—Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Chartreuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chartreuse. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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