Thesaurus: bergamot

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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.
2. n. A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
3. n. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
4. n. A variety of pear.
5. n. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
6. n. 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.
7. n. small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
8. (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).
9. n:100 n. small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy