What does "bergamot" mean?
Bergamot: The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
Additional senses
- 2.A variety of pear. Johnson.
- 3.A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot. Cowper .
- 4.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. Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa).
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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