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bergamot

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ber=ga=mot

CIDE DICTIONARY

bergamotn. [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm a lord's pear.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The essence or perfume made from the fruit.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A variety of pear.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.  [1913 Webster]
    "The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot."  [1913 Webster]
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
    "Oil of bergamot is used as a flavoring agent in the popular "Earl Gray's tea"."  [1913 Webster]
Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa).

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bergamot, n.
1 an aromatic herb, esp. Mentha citrata.
2 an oily perfume extracted from the rind of the fruit of the citrus tree Citrus bergamia, a dwarf variety of the Seville orange tree.
3 the tree itself.

bergamot, n. a variety of fine pear.

Etymology
F bergamotte f. It. bergamotta f. Turk. begarmudi prince's pear f. beg prince + armudi pear

ROGET THESAURUS

bergamot

Fragrance

N fragrance, aroma, redolence, perfume, bouquet, essence, scent, sweet smell, aromatic perfume, agalloch, agallochium, aloes wood, bay rum, calambac, calambour, champak, horehound, lign-aloes, marrubium, mint, muskrat, napha water, olibanum, spirit of myrcia, essential oil, incense, musk, frankincense, pastil, pastille, myrrh, perfumes of Arabia, otto, ottar, attar, bergamot, balm, civet, potpourri, pulvil, nosegay, scentbag, sachet, smelling bottle, vinaigrette, eau de Cologne, toilet water, lotion, after-shave lotion, thurification, perfumer, eucalyptus oil, pinene, fragrant, aromatic, redolent, spicy, savory, balmy, scented, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, perfumed, perfumatory, thuriferous, fragrant as a rose, muscadine, ambrosial.


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