Bergamot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bergamot	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Bergamot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bergamot n small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy Synonym(s): bergamot, bergamot orange, Citrus bergamia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bergamot \Ber"gamot\ (b[etil]r"g[adot]m[ocr]t), n. [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[umac]di a lord's pear.] 1. (Bot.) (a) 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. (b) A variety of mint ({Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata}). 2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. 3. A variety of pear. --Johnson. 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} (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family ({Monarda fistulosa}).