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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pompon  \Pom"pon\,  n. 
  a  A  hardy  garden  chrysanthemum  having  buttonlike  heads  of 
  flowers. 
  b  Any  of  several  dwarf  varieties  of  the  Provence  rose. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pompon  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pompon 
  n  1:  a  ball  of  tufted  wool  or  silk  worn  on  a  hat  for  decoration 
  [syn:  {pom-pom}] 
  2:  dusky  gray  food  fish  found  from  Louisiana  and  Florida 
  southward  [syn:  {black  margate},  {Anisotremus  surinamensis}] 




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