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Word entry · 8 letters

bergamot

Best crossword clue

"Citrus tea flavor"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/Part of speech nounSorted abegmortStarts with BEnds with T2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A fragrant citrus fruit or its oil, often used in tea and perfume.

Word origin

From French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting a fattish kind of pear. The European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.

Used in a sentence

  • The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.
  • One of my Neighbours has a Bergamot Pear Tree, that was brought from England in a Box , about the Year 1643

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Citrus tea flavor8 letters
02Earl Grey flavor8 letters

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