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• bergamot — /berr geuh mot , meuht/, n. 1. a small citrus tree, Citrus aurantium bergamia, having fruit with a rind that yields a fragrant essential oil. 2. Also called essence of bergamot. the oil or essence itself. 3. any of various plants of the mint… …   Universalium

• Bergamot — Ber ga*mot (b[ e]r g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bergamot — type of citrus tree, also its fruit, both similar to bitter orange, and the essence prepared from the oil of the rind of the fruit, 1690s, from Fr. bergamote (17c.), from It. bergamotta, named for Bergamo, town in Italy. The name is Roman… …   Etymology dictionary

• bergamot — [bʉr′gə mät΄] n. [Fr bergamote < It bergamotta < Turk beg armûdī, prince s pear (< beg,BEY + armūdi, pear); form infl. by BERGAMO] 1. a small evergreen tree (Citrus bergamia) of the rue family, grown in S Europe 2. its pear shaped,… …   English World dictionary

• bergamot — I. /ˈbɜgəmɒt/ (say berguhmot) noun 1. a small tree of the citrus family, Citrus bergamia, the rind of whose fruit yields a fragrant essential oil (essence of bergamot). 2. the oil or essence itself. 3. any of various plants of the mint family, as …  

• bergamot — noun Etymology: French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, modification of Turkish bey armudu, literally, the bey s pear Date: 1650 1. a pear shaped orange of a Mediterranean tree (Citrus aurantium bergamia) having a rind that yields an essential …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• bergamot — bergamot1 [ bə:gəmɒt] noun 1》 an oily substance extracted from a variety of Seville orange, used in cosmetics and as flavouring in Earl Grey tea. 2》 (also bergamot orange) the tree bearing this variety of orange. 3》 an aromatic North American… …   English new terms dictionary

• bergamot — ber•ga•mot [[t]ˈbɜr gəˌmɒt, mət[/t]] n. 1) pln a small citrus tree, Citrus aurantium bergamia, having fruit with a rind that yields a fragrant essential oil 2) the oil or essence itself 3) pln any of various plants of the mint family yielding an… …   From formal English to slang

• bergamot orange — noun small tree with pear shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy • Syn: ↑bergamot, ↑Citrus bergamia • Hypernyms: ↑orange, ↑orange tree * * * noun see bergamot …   Useful english dictionary

• bergamot — 1. n. 1 an aromatic herb, esp. Mentha citrata. 2 an oily perfume extracted from the rind of the fruit of the citrus tree Citrus bergamia, a dwarf variety of the Seville orange tree. 3 the tree itself. Etymology: Bergamo in N. Italy 2. n. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• bergamot — noun /ˈbɝɡəˌmɒt/ 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. The better hand . . .… …   Wiktionary