1a pale green or yellow liqueur made from brandy and aromatic herbs.
a pale yellow or green color resembling the liqueur chartreuse.
2a dish made in a mold using pieces of meat, vegetables, or (now most often) fruit in jelly.
Origin:
named after La Grande Chartreuse, the Carthusian monastery near Grenoble, France, where the liqueur (sense 1) was first made; sense 2 is an extended use
