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.-a variety of mint (mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).-the essence or perfume made from the fruit.-a variety of pear.-a variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.-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.