Definition for E'GRET

E'GRET, n. [Fr. aigrette.]

  1. The lesser white heron, a fowl of the genus Ardea; an elegant fowl with a white body and a crest on the head. Encyc.
  2. In botany, the flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds, as the down of the thistle.

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