bergamotnoun
uk/ˈbɜː.ɡə.mɒt/us/ˈbɝː.ɡə.mɑːt/[ C ] also bergamot orange a yellow fruit like a small orange that has a pleasant smell, or the tree that this fruit grows on
[ U ] a pleasant-smelling oil from the skin of a bergamot orange
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Fats & oils in food & cooking
- argan oil
- butter
- cocoa butter
- corn oil
- dripping
- fat
- ghee
- grease
- hydrogenated
- margarine
- monounsaturated
- oil
- Olestra
- olive oil
- palm oil
- safflower
- shortening
- unsaturated
- vegetable oil
- virgin
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Examples from literature
- Bay rum six ounces, aromatic spirits of ammonia half an ounce, bergamot oil six drops.
- Mixed with rectified spirit in the proportions of about four ounces of bergamot to a gallon, it forms what is called "extract of bergamot," and in this state is used for the handkerchief.
- Powdered carbonate of ammonia one ounce, strong solution of ammonia half a fluid ounce, oil of rosemary ten drops, oil of bergamot ten drops.
- Rub the musk with the bergamot, then add it to the soap, and beat up.
- When bergamot is mixed with other essential oils it greatly adds to their richness, and gives a sweetness to spice oils attainable by no other means, and such compounds are much used in the most highly scented soaps.