bergamot

plural bergamots

1. countableuncountableA tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. 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.
2. countableuncountableThe fruit from the bergamot tree.
3. countableuncountableThe essence or perfume made from the fruit.
4. countableuncountableA variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

   The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.

   1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC

5. Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
   1. countableuncountableMentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
   2. countableuncountableMonarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
6. countableuncountableA variety of pear.

   One of my Neighbours has a Bergamot Pear Tree, that was brought from England in a Box , about the Year 1643

   a. 1724, Philosophical Transactions

plural bergamots

1. uncountableusuallyA coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.