Bergamot

[bә:gәmɒt]

Definition

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

Typist: Veronica--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).

(n.) The essence or perfume made from the fruit.

(n.) A variety of pear.

(n.) A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

(n.) 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.

Typist: Paul

Definition

n. a group of varieties of pear of fine flavour.

n. a kind of citron whose aromatic rind yields the well-known oil of Bergamot used in making pomades fragrant essences eau de Cologne liqueurs &c.: the essence so extracted.

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