n. The small bitter fruit of the
n. (Bot.) A Dalmation bitter wild cherry tree (Prunus cerasus
‖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.
prop. n. A genus of chiefly small white-spored mushrooms, including the
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. ],