bergamots in English
noun
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.
Along with taking herbs, inhale the relaxing scents of lavender, chamomile, lemon balm, bergamot , orange blossom or rose.
2
the tree which bears a variety of Seville orange from which bergamot is extracted.
Oil of bergamot is extracted from the peel of the bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia or Citrus aurantium bergamia), a small pear shaped sour orange which is cultivated today mostly in southern Italy.
3
an aromatic North American herb of the mint family, grown for its bright flowers and traditionally used in American Indian medicine.
Mints. wild bergamot , and yarrow, attract the American Painted Lady, Anise Swallowtail, Gray Hairstreak, Monarch, and Red Admiral.
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1. Some 200 pounds of bergamots had to be processed to extract just one pound of essence.
2. Historic sources indicate that bergamots grew in Calabria at least as early as the beginning of the 18th century and that locals occasionally sold the essence to passing travelers.