amaro
From The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails
, the Italian word for “bitter,” also denotes an Italian form of—no surprise here—potable bitters. See bitters. Traditionally served as a digestive, amari have been enthusiastically embraced as cocktail ingredients by contemporary mixologists. See also herbal liqueurs.See bitters.See also herbal liqueurs.
This definition is from The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails, edited by David Wondrich (Editor-in-Chief) and Noah Rothbaum (Associate Editor).