Definition of "maraschino cherry" []

• A cherry preserved in a syrup flavored with real or imitation maraschino. (noun)

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• "Fill the room with streamers and balloons and start the party off with a few rounds of Shirley Temple Blacks—ginger ale, grenadine and a maraschino cherry matured by a dose of Johnny Walker Black."