From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.
[1913 Webster]
2. A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bouquet
n 1: an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a
present [syn: {bouquet}, {corsage}, {posy}, {nosegay}]
2: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: {bouquet},
{fragrance}, {fragrancy}, {redolence}, {sweetness}]
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
bouquet /bukɛ/
bouquet
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
bouquet /bukɛt/
bouquet
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