Nosegay

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Nosegay may also refer to the name of an anteater in the video game Animal Crossing.

A bride holding her bouquet.
A bride holding her bouquet.

A nosegay, posey (or posy), flower bouquet or tussie-mussie is a small bunch of flowers, typically given as a gift. They have existed in some form since at least medieval times, when they were worn around the head or on the lapel to mask the unpleasant smells of the time - literally, to keep the nose gay. In their current form, they rose to popularity during the reign of Queen Victoria, from 1837 onwards, at which time the tussie-mussie became a popular fashion accessory.

A bouquet of roses

A plastic posie

A wedding tussie-mussie

Bouquet, a painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder

Floristry

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