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(1):
(n.) A variety of pear.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
(4):
(n.) The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
(5):
(n.) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
(6):
(n.) 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.