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Bergamot   Listen
noun
Bergamot  n.  
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).
2.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
3.
A variety of pear.
4.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. "The better hand... gives the nose its bergamot."
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.
Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa).





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Words linked to "Bergamot" :   orange, Citrus bergamia, wild bergamot, bergamot mint


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