BERGAMOT

bergamot, bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia

(noun) small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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