noun a tuft like that of the egret.
2. aigrette ·noun the small white european heron. ·see egret.
3. aigrette ·noun a plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, ·etc.
4. aigrette ·noun a feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.