Bergamot

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small tree (Citrus aurantium subsp. bergamia) commercially grown chiefly in southern Italy for its sour citrus fruits, the rinds of which yield an aromatic oil. Also called bergamot orange.
  • n. The oil itself, used extensively in perfumery. Also called bergamot oil.
  • n. See bee balm.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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. Either of two species of the mint family (Europe: Mentha aquatica, variety glabrata; America: Monarda didyma).
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A variety of the lime or lemon, Citrus medica, with a very aromatic rind, from which, either by mechanical means or by distillation, the volatile oil of bergamot (known in trade as essence of bergamot) is obtained. The essence is a product chiefly of southern Italy, and is much employed in perfumery.
  • n. The popular name of several labiate plants, as in England of Mentha citrata, and in the United States of Monarda fistulosa and M. didyma.
  • n. A kind of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  • n. A coarse tapestry manufactured from flocks of wool, silk, cotton, hemp, and from the hair of oxen and goats, said to have been made originally at Bergamo.
  • n. A variety of pear.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    orange    orange tree   
    Form
    wild bergamot    of    herb    Monarda fistulosa    family    American    an    mint    the   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    neroli    sandalwood    ambergris    clove    cassie    aloes    cardamom    thyme    benzoin    attar