la grande chartreuse

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la grande chartreuse - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chartreuse \Char`treuse"\, n. [F.]
     1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse,
        mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble,
        France.
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     2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; --
        made at La Grande Chartreuse.
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