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1 : a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent.

2 : a miscellaneous collection : medley.

Example sentence:
Mom loves to have the smell of flowers in the house, so for Mother's Day we made potpourri from flowers in the garden.

Etymology:
English speakers borrowed "potpourri" from another language but did not keep its meaning. What do you think "potpourri" originally referred to? Potpourri usually isn't stew-scented, but stew is part of the origin of the word, making C the right answer. "Potpourri" traces to the French "pot pourri," which literally means "putrid pot." The French stew called "pot pourri" was originally a Spanish dish called "olla podrida." How and why it came to be called "putrid," meaning "rotten," is not very clear. One explanation is that the Spanish "podrida" sometimes means "very full," which would describe a hearty stew. In English, "rotten" is also used to mean "very full," as in "a city rotten with crime." It can also mean "thoroughly," as in "that child is spoiled rotten."