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A tree of the Orange family (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. (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).

Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.

A bigamist. [Obs.]

One who is guilty of bigamy. Ayliffe.

Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage.

The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. Wharton.

Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

Formed of, or having, two laminæ, or thin plates.

Of or pertaining to biodynamics, or the doctrine of vital forces or energy.

The doctrine of vital forces or energy.

Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.

Having, or consisting of, two branches.

A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown under glass in northern latitudes.

A negro or negress. Shak.

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. -- Blam"a*ble*ness, n. -- Blam"a*bly (, adv.

censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. Tillotson.

Faulty; meriting blame. Shak.

Free from blame; without fault; innocent; guiltless; -- sometimes followed by of. A bishop then must be blameless. 1 Tim. iii. 2. Blameless still of arts that polish to deprave. Mallet. We will be blameless of this thine oath. Josh. ii. 17.

In a blameless manner.