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. a citrus tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bergamot
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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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