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Found 2 hits - Term: bergamot, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bergamot \ber"gamot\ b~er"g.amo^t, n. f. bergamote,
   fr. it. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of turk. beg arm=udi
   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.
          1913 webster

   2. the essence or perfume made from the fruit.
      1913 webster

   3. a variety of pear. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   4. a variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
      1913 webster

            the better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
                                                  --cowper.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   wild bergamot bot., an american herb of the mint family
      monarda fistulosa.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster
see also:
citrus bergamia mentha aquatica wild bergamot monarda fistulosa 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bergamot
     n : small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in
         perfumery; italy syn: bergamot orange, citrus
         bergamia
see also:
bergamot orange citrus bergamia 

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