Bergamot
[BER-gə-mot]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Italian, late 17th century
1.
An oily substance extracted from the rind of the fruit of a dwarf variety of the Seville orange tree. It is used in cosmetics and as flavoring in tea.
2.
(Also bergamot orange) The tree which bears a variety of Seville orange from which bergamot is extracted.
Examples of Bergamot in a sentence
"The house tea blend has strong notes of bergamot."
"Your grandmother's farm used to have a grove of bergamot orange trees."
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