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Citron vs Bergamot - What's the difference?

citron | bergamot |

As nouns the difference between citron and bergamot

is that citron is a greenish yellow colour while bergamot is a tree of the orange family (species: 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.

As an adjective citron

is of a greenish yellow colour.

citron

English

(wikipedia citron)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A greenish yellow colour.
  • A small citrus tree, .
  • The fruit of a citron tree.
  • The candied rind of the citron fruit.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a greenish yellow colour.

    • Derived terms

    * citron melon * citron wood

    See also

    * ----

    bergamot

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) bergamote, from (etyl) bergamotta; probably a corruption of (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A tree of the orange family (), 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.
  • The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
    • (Johnson)
  • A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (William Cowper)
    • The better hand gives the nose its bergamot .
  • Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
  • #
  • # or bee balm.
  • A variety of pear.
    • (Johnson)
  • A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; said to have been invented in Bergamo, Italy.
    • Derived terms
    * wild bergamot

    External links

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    Etymology 2

    From Bergamo

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.