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Webster 1913 Edition
Bergamot
Ber′ga-mot
(bẽr′gȧ-mŏt)
, Noun.
[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 1828 Edition
Bergamot
BERG'AMOT
,Noun.
1.
A species of pear.2.
A species of citron, at first casually produced by an Italian, who grafted a citron on the stock of a bergamot pear tree. The fruit has a fine taste and smell, and its essential oil is in high esteem as a perfume. This oil is extracted from the yellow rind of the fruit. Hence,
3.
An essence or perfume from the citron thus produced.4.
A species of snuff perfumed with bergamot.5.
A coarse tapestry, manufactured with flocks of wool, silk, cotton, hemp and ox or goat's hair, said to have been invented at Bergamo in Italy.