Bergamot
Bergamot (bẽr"gȧ*mot) , noun
[French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turkish beg armūdi a lord's pear.]
1.
(a) (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.
(b)
(Botany) 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.
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.
Collocations (1)
Wild bergamot (Botany) , an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa).
Oil of bergamot is used as a flavoring agent in the popular "Earl Gray's tea".