noun a variety of pear.
2. bergamot ·noun a variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
3. bergamot ·noun the essence or perfume made from the fruit.
4. bergamot ·noun a variety of mint (mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
5. 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.
6. 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.