Aigrette

[eigret]

Definition

(noun.) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume.

Checker: Myrna--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The small white European heron. See Egret.

(n.) A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.

(n.) A tuft like that of the egret.

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

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Definition

n. (zool.) a small white heron: (bot.) the down attached to vegetable seeds as in the thistle: a plume composed of feathers or of precious stones like a heron's crest.

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