What is the meaning of Bergamot?

A 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.

The fruit from the bergamot tree

The essence or perfume made from the fruit.

A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.

Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:

  1. Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
  2. Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.

Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint

Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.

A variety of pear.

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

bergamot (pear-shaped citrus fruit)

Alternative form of pergamut

Source: wiktionary.org