Definition of Bergemot
Ber"ga*mot (b&etilde;r"g&adot;*m&obreve;t),
n. [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob.
a corruption of Turk. beg armūdi 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).
2. The essence or perfume made from the
fruit.
3. A variety of pear. Johnson.
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with
bergamot.
The better hand . . . gives the nose its
bergamot.
Cowper.
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).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Botany): 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.
- (Botany): A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, variety glabrata).
- The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
- A variety of pear. -Johnson.
- A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Quotations
*The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot. - Cowper.
- 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. Encyclopedia Britannica.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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