liqueur

Noun
  1. Strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal (synset 107924183)
    is a type of: alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
    subtypes:
    • absinth, absinthe - strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
    • amaretto - an Italian almond liqueur
    • anisette, anisette de bordeaux - liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed
    • benedictine - a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks
    • chartreuse - aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France
    • coffee liqueur - coffee-flavored liqueur
    • creme de cacao - sweet liqueur flavored with vanilla and cacao beans
    • creme de menthe - sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur
    • creme de fraise - strawberry-flavored liqueur
    • drambuie - a sweet Scotch whisky liqueur
    • galliano - golden Italian liqueur flavored with herbs
    • orange liqueur - liqueur flavored with orange
    • kummel - liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin
    • maraschino, maraschino liqueur - distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries
    • pastis - similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood
    • pernod - (registered trademark) a liqueur flavored with anise
    • pousse-cafe - small drink served after dinner (especially several liqueurs poured carefully so as to remain in separate layers)
    • ratafee, ratafia - sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds
    • sambuca - an Italian liqueur made with elderberries and flavored with licorice
    same as: cordial

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