About The Word Bergamot
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Bergamot
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What's The Definition Of Bergamot?
[n] small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bergamot: bergamot orange | Citrus bergamia Related Terms | Find terms related to Bergamot: See Also | orange | orange tree Bergamot In Webster's Dictionary \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote,
fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di
a lord's pear.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the Orange family ({Citrus bergamia}),
having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind
of which an essential oil of delicious odor is
extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
(b) A variety of mint ({Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata}).
2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
3. A variety of pear. --Johnson.
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
--Cowper.
5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or
hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been
invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
{Wild bergamot} (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family
({Monarda fistulosa}).
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