BERGAMOT

bergamot

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
  3. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  4. Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
    1. , nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
    2. , also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
  5. A variety of pear.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.


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