[Fr.; fem. of Chartreux: see next and CHARTERHOUSE.]
1. A liqueur made by the monks of La Grande-Chartreuse (the head monastery of the Carthusians, near Grenoble), with aromatic herbs and brandy.
1866. Sala, Barbary, xx. 379. The absinthe and the chartreuse … should all come from France.
2. A shade of color; a pale apple-green.
1884. Western Daily Press, 26 Dec., 7/5. With white all pale shades are employed, such as heliotrope, citron, chartreuse.
