What does "aigrette" mean?
Aigrette: A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc. Prescott.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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