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noun

Bergamot n.

(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).

The essence or perfume made from the fruit.

A variety of pear.

A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. "The better hand... gives the nose its bergamot."

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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Etymology of 'Bergamot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bergamot" Quotes from Famous Books

... have no brains at all, Sir; their skull is a perfect snuff-box; and I heard a physician swear, who opened one of 'em, that the three divisions of his head were filled with orangery, bergamot, ...

— History of English Humour, Vol. 1 (of 2) - With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour • Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange