meaning of bergamot
1. 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.
2. A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
3. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
4. A variety of pear.
5. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
6. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with oxs or goats hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
7. small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
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bergamot | bergamot mint | bergamot orange |
