Word
Bergamot
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
ber-ga-mot
Definition
- n. - 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.
- n. - A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
- n. - The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
- n. - A variety of pear.
- n. - A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
- n. - 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.
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