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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Aigret \Ai"gret\, Aigrette \Ai*grette\, n. [F., a sort of white heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of feathers; dim. of the same word as heron. See {Heron}, and cf {Egret}, {Egrette}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The small white European heron. See {Egret}. 2. A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc --Prescott. 3. A tuft like that of the egret. (Bot.) A feathery crown of seed; egret; as the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aigrette n : a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume [syn: {aigret}]
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