Aigrette1. (n.) The small white European heron. See Egret.
2. (n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.
3. (n.) A tuft like that of the egret.
4. (n.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.
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