Aigret; Aigrette

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. 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.)

4. A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.