bouquet

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In this bouquet was a sprig of white lilac which one of the women prisoners selected.

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  1. noun A small cluster or arrangement of flowers.
  2. noun The fragrance typical of a wine or liqueur. See Synonyms at fragrance.

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  • Inside of this bouquet was a little note written by Peter. —  The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story
  • But I really don't know why he should have brought me a bouquet, and a small turtle in a box, on the eve of his departure What?" —  A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories
  • "He shall have my bouquet, the dear man!" —  The Queen's Necklace
  • You have only to take this bouquet, and name each separate flower, thinking of us, when immediately we shall be present in your chamber The queen, transported with joy, embraced all the fairies, spent the day with them, and returned, laden with presents, to the fountain side; where the little old woman jumped into the water, became a cray-fish again, and disappeared In due time the Princess Désirée was born, and the queen did as she was told in naming the flowers. —  The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew
  • I bore with me my bouquet, my basket of boxberries, some small cedar trees for transplanting, and half of the largest clam-shell the shores of Cape Cod had ever produced; this last a parting gift from Lovell Barlow I was far from being troubled with the consciousness of anything quaint or bizarre in my appearance. —  Cape Cod Folks
 

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wreath ·  fragrance ·  garland ·  vase ·  profusion ·  rose ·  bloom ·  bunch ·  odour ·  nosegay ·  necklace ·  clump

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bouquet:   bouquets
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from Old French bosquet, thicket, diminutive of bosc, forest, of Germanic origin.

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  1. French, a nosegay, a plume, from Old French bousquet, bosquet = Provencal bosquet, literally a little bush, diminutive of bosc = Old French bos, a wood, bush: see bois, bosket, busket, and bush.
 

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/buˈkeɪ/
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