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Bergamot - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Bergamot : (noun)
1: small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in
perfumery; Italy [syn: bergamot orange, Citrus
bergamia]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Bergamot : \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).
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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