bergamot

  1. Noun.  (botany) 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. .
  2. Noun.  (botany) Either of two species of the mint family (Europe: ''Mentha aquatica'', variety ''glabrata''; America: ''Monarda didyma'').
  3. Noun.  The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
  4. Noun.  A variety of pear. —Johnson.
  5. Noun.  A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  6. Noun.  A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.

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