Pom"pon (?), n. [F.]

1.

Any trifling ornament for a woman's dress or bonnet.

2. (Mil.)

A tuft or ball of wool, or the like, sometimes worn by soldiers on the front of the hat, instead of a feather.

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Pom"pon (?), n.

(a)

A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of flowers.

(b)

Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.

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