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BERGAMOT
bergamot, bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia
(noun) small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
bergamot (countable and uncountable, plural bergamots)
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. 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.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
A variety of pear.
Etymology 2
Noun
bergamot (usually uncountable, plural bergamots)
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
Source: Wiktionary
Ber"ga*mot, n. Etym: [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm
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).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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