- Citrus bergamia
- Bergamot Ber"ga*mot (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote,
fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di
a lord's pear.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) 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.
(b) A variety of mint ({Mentha aquatica}, var. glabrata).
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2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. [1913 Webster]
3. A variety of pear. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. [1913 Webster]
The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
5. 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]
{Wild bergamot} (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family ({Monarda fistulosa}). [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
