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Word: bergamot
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Noun:
- A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
- A variety of pear. -Johnson.
- A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
- botany 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.
- botany A variety of mint (''Mentha aquatica'', variety ''glabrata'').
- The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
Source: Wiktionary
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