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 Ber·ga·mot n.
 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.
 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).
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 Monarda fistulosa
      n : perennial herb of North America [syn: bee balm, beebalm]