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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, bust, bodice, from Old French, bust, from cors body, from Latin corpus Date: 1830 1. the waist or bodice of a dress 2. an arrangement of flowers worn as a fashion accessory

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a small bouquet worn by a woman. 2 the bodice of a woman's dress. Etymology: ME f. OF f. cors body: see CORPSE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Corsage Cor"sage (k[^o]r"s[asl]j), n. [F. See Corset.] The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(corsages) A corsage is a very small bunch of flowers that is fastened to a woman's dress below the shoulder. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

blouse, bodice, boughpot, bouquet, boutonniere, buttonhole, chaplet, dickey, festoon, flower arrangement, garland, lei, linen, nosegay, posy, shift, shirt, spray, waist, wreath