\Ber"ga*mot\ (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote,
fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di
a lord's pear.]
1. (Bot.)
   (a) 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}).
2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
3. A variety of pear. --Johnson.
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
         The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
                                               --Cowper.
5. 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.
{Wild bergamot} (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family
   ({Monarda fistulosa}).