Meaning of Bergamot | Babel Free

Definitions

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. The fruit from the bergamot tree.
   countable, uncountable
4. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
   countable, uncountable
5. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
   countable, uncountable
6. Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
   countable, uncountable
7. Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
   countable, uncountable
8. Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
   countable, uncountable
9. A variety of pear.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.”

“One of my Neighbours has a Bergamot Pear Tree, that was brought from England in a Box , about the Year 1643”

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