ber|ga|mot

ber|ga|mot¹ «BUR guh mot», noun.

1. a) a pear-shaped variety of orange grown in southern Italy, California, and the Gulf States. The bergamot belongs to the rue family. b) the tree on which it grows. c) an oil obtained from the rind of the fruit, used in perfumes.

2. any one of various plants of the mint family, especially one which yields an oil whose odor resembles essence of bergamot.

╂[< Bergamo, a town in Italy]

ber|ga|mot² «BUR guh mot», noun.

a winter variety of pear with a fine flavor.

╂[< French bergamote < Italian bergamotta < Turkish beg armudi prince's pear < beg prince, bey + armud pear + -i, a possessive suffix]