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Definition of Bergamots
1. bergamot [n] - See also: bergamot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bergamots
Literary usage of Bergamots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1854)
"... regard to the various families; for instance, in the pear, whether the Doyennes
should not be grafted or budded on the Doyennes, the bergamots on the ..."
2. The Italians of To-day by René Bazin (1908)
"Emerging from under the vine arbour, we enter a grove of oranges, mandarins, and
bergamots, very high, very luxuriant, meeting above our heads, ..."
3. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1822)
"... but does not turn black with keeping; it was not hollow-set like other bergamots,
though the fruit seemed to sink a little inwards upon one side, ..."
4. The Practical Gardener, and Modern Horticulturist: Containing the Latest and by Charles McIntosh (1828)
"This is an excellent fruit, and is esteemed the best of all the bergamots.
It is highly flavored when fully ripened, of a roundish moderate size, ..."
5. The Complete Confectioner, Or, Housekeeper's Guide: To a Simple and Speedy by Hannah Glasse, Maria Wilson (1800)
"Take the outer rind of three bergamots,' a gallon of proof spirit, and two quarts
of water; draw off one gallon in Balneum Maria;, and sweeten it with sugar ..."
6. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"Choose fine pears, like the butter pears of England, or Rheims, or bergamots,
and when not too ripe, when the pips are black, and when in paring them they ..."
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