ETYM French bouquet bunch, bunch of flowers, trees, feathers, for bousquet, bosquet, thicket, a little wood, dim. of Late Lat. boscus. Related to Bush thicket, and cf. Bosket, Busket.
1. A pleasingly sweet olfactory property; SYN. fragrance, redolence, sweetness.
2. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present; SYN. corsage, posy, nosegay.