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noun

Bouquet n.

A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.

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

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Etymology of 'Bouquet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bouquet" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Fire, bearing a large bouquet of wild flowers that she had just gathered in timber and along the bank of the stream, joined the group of girls seated on the grass a minute later, and then all waited ...

— Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes - The Quest of a Summer Vacation • Stella M. Francis

... this has nothing to do with Macaulay's glorious lays, save that when you want some flowers of manliness and patriotism you can pluck quite a bouquet out of those. I had the good fortune to learn the Lay of Horatius off by heart when I was a child, and it stamped itself on my plastic mind, so that even now I can reel off almost the whole of it. Goldsmith said ...

— Through the Magic Door • Arthur Conan Doyle

... following his betrothal he sent Violet an exquisite bouquet composed of blue and white bell-flowers, cape jasmine, and box, which breathed to the young girl, who was versed in the language of flowers, of gratitude, constancy, ...

— His Heart's Queen • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

... ecstasy, as I have inhaled the overcoming odors of some rare bouquet, love-bestowed and prized beyond gems; my senses have reeled in the intoxication of those wondrous extracts whose Oriental, tangible richness of fragrance holds me in a spell almost mystical in its enthralment; but I dare aver ...

— Atlantic Monthly Volume 7, No. 39, January, 1861 • Various

... undue time, for, as he said, the kings had not yet been chosen, and it would be a great pity to interfere with that pleasant ceremony. As for me, I would have been quite willing to dispense with it. There would be no pleasure to me in seeing mademoiselle pin her bouquet on the lapel of Josef Papin's coat, thus choosing him her king; but there was nothing to do but go back to the ball-room and ...

— The Rose of Old St. Louis • Mary Dillon

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