bergamot

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (US) IPA: /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈbɜːɡəˌmɒt/

Etymology 1 [edit]

French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta; probably a corruption of Turkish bey armudu (a lord's pear).

Noun [edit]

bergamot (countable and uncountable; plural bergamots)

  1. (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.
  2. (botany) Either of two species of the mint family (Europe: Mentha aquatica, variety glabrata; America: Monarda didyma).
  3. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
  4. A variety of pear.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
  5. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
    • (Can we date this quote?) William Cowper
      The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Bergamo

Noun [edit]

bergamot (usually uncountable; plural bergamots)

  1. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.