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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.Definition 2024
bergamot
bergamot
English
Noun
bergamot (countable and uncountable, plural bergamots)
- 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. Also, the fruit.
- The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Cowper
- The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Cowper
- Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
- Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
- Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
- A variety of pear.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
Derived terms
Translations
Tree
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Fruit
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External links
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Bergamot in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.
Etymology 2
From Bergamo
Noun
bergamot (usually uncountable, plural bergamots)
- A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.