Etymology

Noun

1. 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. A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, variety glabrata).
3. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
4. A variety of pear. -Johnson.
5. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

   The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot. - William Cowper.

6. 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. Encyclopedia Britannica.