Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maraschino \Ma`ra*schi"no\, n. [It., fr. marasca, amarasca, a
   sour cherry, L. amarus bitter.]
   A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored
   with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.

Source : WordNet®

maraschino
     n 1: distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca
          cherries
     2: cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
        [syn: {maraschino cherry}]