/berr"geuh mot', -meuht/ , n.
1. a small citrus tree, Citrus aurantium bergamia, having fruit with a rind that yields a fragrant essential oil.
2. Also called essence of bergamot . the oil or essence itself.
3. any of various plants of the mint family, as Monarda fistulosa, yielding an oil resembling essence of bergamot.
4. a variety of pear.
[ 1610-20; bergamote bergamotta bey armudlu lit., bey's pear ( bey BEY + armut pear (
u 3d sing. possessive suffix); It form perh. by assoc. with BERGAMO, BERGAMA, with -otta as alter. to a familiar suffix; the citrus appar. so called from its resemblance to the pear ]