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bergamot

/bur-guh-mot, -muht/US // ˈbɜr gəˌmɒt, -mət //UK // (ˈbɜːɡəˌmɒt) //

佛手柑,香柠檬,佛手瓜,柑橘

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small citrus tree, Citrus aurantium bergamia, having fruit with a rind that yields a fragrant essential oil.
    • : Also called essence of bergamot. the oil or essence itself.
    • : any of various plants of the mint family, as Monarda fistulosa, yielding an oil resembling essence of bergamot.
    • : a variety of pear.

Examples

  • Before you try analyzing the bergamot accents and patchouli notes of your favorite perfume though, you can aim for something simpler by playing around with essential oils.

  • It's also amazing that this dressed-up baby is getting thrown out with its bergamot-scented bathwater.

  • No more were bergamot or southern-wood, although vegetable in their nature.

  • My handkerchief smelt of lavender, and my hair of oil of thyme—my waistcoat of bergamot, and my inexpressibles of musk.

  • Rub the musk with the bergamot, then add it to the soap, and beat up.

  • Oil of bergamot, is extracted by pressure from the rind of the ripe fruit of the citrus bergamium and aurantium.

  • A great round bed of "Robin-run-away," bergamot, that scented the air and attracted the humming-birds.