BERGAMOT
bergamot
Noun
- A tree of the orange family (), 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.
- 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:
- , nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
- , also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
- A variety of pear.
Noun (etymology 2)
- A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
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