Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bouquet"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Bouquet \Bou*quet"\, n. [F. bouquet bunch, bunch of flowers,
trees, feathers, for bousquet, bosquet, thicket, a little
wood, dim. of LL. boscus. See {Bush} thicket, and cf.
{Bosket}, {Busket}.]
1. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.

2. A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

bouquet
n 1: an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
[syn: {corsage}, {posy}, {nosegay}]
2: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: {fragrance}, {redolence},
{sweetness}]


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