See Also: bergamot(medicine)
oil of bergamot(medicine)
Bergamot oil(health)
bergamot(1)(dictionary)
bergamot(2)(dictionary)
bergamot(encyclopedia)

bergamot(2) (iou)



bergamot noun2. L17.
[from Bergamo, a city & province in N. Italy.]
A citrus tree, Citrus aurantium subsp. bergamia, bearing fruit similar to an orange, from the rind of which a fragrant essence is prepared. L17.
bergamot-orange, bergamot tree.
a. Snuff scented with this essence. Only in 18.
b. The essence itself. M18.
Any of several labiate plants smelling like bergamot, esp. (a) (more fully bergamot mint) a mint, Mentha piperita var. citrata, grown for its fragrance; (b) N. Amer. (more fully wild bergamot) = MONARDA. M19.