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Bergamot

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Noun

1. bergamot, bergamot orange, citrus bergamia

small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bergamot

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noun
1. Also called: bergamot orange
a small Asian spiny rutaceous tree, Citrus bergamia, having sour pear-shaped fruit
2.  essence of bergamot
3. 
a Mediterranean mint, Mentha citrata, that yields an oil similar to essence of bergamot
4.  wild bergamot
5. 
a variety of pear

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Bergamot

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noun
1. 
a small evergreen tree (Citrus bergamia) of the rue family, grown in S Europe
2. 
its pear-shaped, inedible citrus fruit
3. 
an oil extracted from the rind of this fruit, used widely in perfumery
4. 
any of several aromatic North American herbs (genera Monarda and Mentha) of the mint family, as horsemint or Oswego tea

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bergamot

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n.
1.
a. A small tree (Citrus bergamia) commercially grown chiefly in southern Italy for its sour citrus fruits, the rinds of which yield an aromatic oil. Also called bergamot orange.
b. The oil itself, used extensively in perfumery. Also called bergamot oil.
2. Any of various aromatic plants in the genus Monarda of the mint family.

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