Chartreuse

1. (n.) A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.

2. (n.) An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse.

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