bergamot

bergamot has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

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