Bergamot

Word BERGAMOT
Character 8
Hyphenation ber ga mot
Pronunciations /ˈbɜːɡəˌmɒt/

Definitions and meanings of "Bergamot"

What do we mean by bergamot?

A small tree (Citrus bergamia) commercially grown chiefly in southern Italy for its sour citrus fruits, the rinds of which yield an aromatic oil. noun

The oil itself, used extensively in perfumery. noun

Any of various aromatic plants in the genus Monarda of the mint family. noun

A variety of pear. noun

A variety of the lime or lemon, Citrus medica, with a very aromatic rind, from which, either by mechanical means or by distillation, the volatile oil of bergamot (known in trade as essence of bergamot) is obtained. The essence is a product chiefly of southern Italy, and is much employed in perfumery. noun

The popular name of several labiate plants, as in England of Mentha citrata, and in the United States of Monarda fistulosa and M. didyma. noun

A kind of snuff perfumed with bergamot. noun

A coarse tapestry manufactured from flocks of wool, silk, cotton, hemp, and from the hair of oxen and goats, said to have been made originally at Bergamo. noun

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. noun

A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata). noun

The essence or perfume made from the fruit. noun

A variety of pear. noun

A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. noun

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. noun

An American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa). noun

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

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. noun

Either of two species of the mint family (Europe: Mentha aquatica, variety glabrata; America: Monarda didyma). noun

A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. 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.

The fruit from the bergamot tree

The essence or perfume made from the fruit.

A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:

A variety of pear.

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The word "bergamot" in example sentences

The scent, a fruity-floral blend of Fuji apple, white peach nectar and bergamot, is balanced with white flowers and has base notes of amber, blonde woods and warm sand — designed to capture the come-hither spirit of the 1940s actress. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There are many problems with the story, mostly relating to the nationality of the grateful drownee vis a vis the nationality of the tea, but the bergamot is a citrus native to Italy, so who knows where this really came from. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I like EG in the morning, as a pick-me up before I face the day often while I catch up on the news online; the citrus of the bergamot is a wonderful complement to the caffeine of the tea. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Sniffing it from the bottle, the Habanita top notes are fresh and subtle – a rush of masculine woody notes of mastic a gum from a Mediterranean bush, juniper berry and cedarwood are accompanied by a generous amount of bergamot, which is citrusy but not in the fruity or eau de cologne sense of citrus – a more refined, green and slightly floral note derived from the bergamot bitter non-edible oranges. ❋ Ayala Sender (2006)

Confusingly, European water-mint p. 404 is also sometimes called bergamot. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

Watermint, one of the parents of peppermint and sometimes called bergamot or orange mint, has a strong aroma and used to be much cultivated in Europe, but now is more popular in Southeast Asia. ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

_Bergamot_: A fruit which was originally produced by ingrafting a branch of a citron or lemon-tree upon the stock of a peculiar kind of pear, called the bergamot pear. ❋ Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)

_Bergamot_, a fruit, which was originally produced by ingrafting a branch of a citron or lemon tree, upon the stock of a peculiar kind of pear, called the bergamot pear. ❋ Catharine Esther Beecher (1839)

I've actually taken to brewing a cup of earl grey tea and leaving it on my desk, so that the bergamot is a sort of scent barrier. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The blend is described as bergamot, amber, sandalwood, and vanilla. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Many key natural ingredients such as bergamot, and historically important aromachemicals like nitro musks, are now highly restricted. ❋ Marina Geigert (2009)

He incorporates botanicals such as ylang ylang - which promotes hair growth - and bergamot which is a good antiseptic - into his products. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Despite its name, it has only a hint of rose among other notes such as bergamot, sandalwood, orange blossom, gardenia and muguet. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Giorgio Armani SpA's most expensive scent, Privé, which costs $185 a bottle, uses raw ingredients -- such as bergamot, neroli and vetiver -- that are up to 10 times more expensive than those used for other Armani perfumes. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Our fine pears are mostly from the East. e.g. the "bergamot" is the ❋ Anonymous (1855)

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