Bergamot
//ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. 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. countable, uncountable
- 2 A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair. uncountable, usually
- 3 small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy wordnet
- 4 The fruit from the bergamot tree. countable, uncountable
- 5 The essence or perfume made from the fruit. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. countable, uncountable
"The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot."
- 7 Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:; Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint countable, uncountable
- 8 Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:; Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm. countable, uncountable
- 9 A variety of pear. countable, uncountable
"One of my Neighbours has a Bergamot Pear Tree, that was brought from England in a Box , about the Year 1643"
Example
More examples"Bergamot oil may be tested as to its purity by mixing it with alcohol."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting a fattish kind of pear. The European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.
Etymology 2
From Bergamo.
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