Bergamot

·noun A variety of pear.

II. Bergamot ·noun A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

III. Bergamot ·noun The essence or perfume made from the fruit.

IV. Bergamot ·noun A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).

V. Bergamot ·noun A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair;

— said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.

VI. Bergamot ·noun 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.