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bergamot
CIDE DICTIONARY
bergamot, n. [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]
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.
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
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