nosegay

Noun

Meaning

A bunch of odorous and showy flowers; a bouquet; a posy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bouquet corsage posy laurel garland lei crown festoon flower bundle spray scent aroma bunch perfume
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Antonyms

funk acidity hum miasma guff mephitis
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Hypernyms

flower arrangement floral arrangement

Examples

I have here only made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the thread that ties them together. Michel de Montaigne

Whether the flower looks better in the nosegay than in the meadow where it grew and we had to wet our feet to get it Is the scholastic air any advantage. Henry David Thoreau

Her early nickname, Nosegay Fan, came from her time as a flower girl. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

noseeum nosefirst noseful nosegayed nosegear nosegent