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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.
- The fruit from the bergamot tree.
- The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
- A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
- ✤ The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.1
- 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.
- ✤ One of my Neighbours has a Bergamot Pear Tree, that was brought from England in a Box, about the Year 16432
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bergamot (usually uncountable, plural bergamots)
- A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox’s or goat’s hair.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA: /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbɜːɡəˌmɒt/
- Audio (US): 🔊
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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