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Definition of Bergamot

1. Noun. Small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy.

Definition of Bergamot

1. n. 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.

Definition of Bergamot

1. Noun. (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. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) Either of two species of the mint family (Europe: ''Mentha aquatica'', variety ''glabrata''; America: ''Monarda didyma''). ¹

3. Noun. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. ¹

4. Noun. A variety of pear. ¹

5. Noun. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. ¹

6. Noun. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bergamot

1. a citrus tree [n -S]

Medical Definition of Bergamot

1. 1 . 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 odour is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, glabrata). 2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. 3. A variety of pear. 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, an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa). Origin: F. Bergamote, fr. It. Bergamotta; prob. A corruption of Turk. Beg armdi a lord's pear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Bergamot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Epitome of Mr. Forsyth's Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit by William Forsyth, William Cobbett (1804)
"AUTUMN PEARS : Orange bergamot; Autumn bergamot ... j bergamot de Pasque. The above, Mr. F. says, will furnish a regular succession of fruit. ..."

2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"100-00 .... loo-o bergamot-oil is a hydrate of oil of lemon, ... bergamot-oil absorbs hydrochloric acid, gas with evolution of heat, acquiring a brown ..."

3. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"bergamot oil is obtained by expression of the fresh peel of the ripe ... In distilling bergamot oil the esters are decomposed and thus reduced in amount. ..."

4. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Rectified bergamot oil, prepared by distilling with water the residues from the rasping of the fruit, is a colourless or yellowish liquid with a marked ..."

5. American Druggist (1885)
"Its formula is : When the cork of an oil of bergamot bottle shows signs of being ... Essential oils, of the nature of oil of bergamot, which are free from ..."

6. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1866)
"... Late bergamot, the description of which appeared in the December number. Three varieties were intended to comprise the article, but as there was only ..."

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