chartreuse (shartrez)

[F.: see Charter house.] 1. [ cap.] A monastery of Car thus i an monks, especially in France. The Grande Chartreuse, near Grenoble in Dauphiné, is the most famous and the earliest of the order. 2. A highly esteemed tonic cordial, obtained by the distillation of various aromatic plants, espe chartreuse cially nettles, growing on the Alps. It derives its name from the celebrated monastery of the Grande Chartreuse, in France, where it is made. - Chartreuse pottery, an enameled pottery made in the neighborhood of Bordeaux in the early part of the eighteenth century, for the use of the Car thus i an monastery in that neighborhood. It resembles the finer pottery of Rouen, and especially that of Nevers.