chartreuse UK /ʃɑːˈtɹɜːz/US /ʃɑɹˈtɹuːz/noun 4adjective 1forms 1 noun4 •A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks. •A greenish-yellow color.Well, we shot the line and we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus In a chartreuse microbus. — 1975 •A French dish of vegetables (and sometimes meat) wrapped tightly in a decorative layer of salad or vegetable leaves and cooked in a dome-shaped mould.ARRANGE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COOKED VEGETABLES IN A CASSEROLE […] The dish resembles a chartreuse. — 1977 •A kind of enamelled pottery. adjective1 •Of a bright yellowish-green colour. formschartreuses
