Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pompon \Pom"pon\, n.
   (a) A hardy garden chrysanthemum having buttonlike heads of
       flowers.
   (b) Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.

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.

Source : WordNet®

pompon
     n 1: decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk;
          usually worn on a hat [syn: {pom-pom}]
     2: dusky gray food fish found from Louisiana and Florida
        southward [syn: {black margate}, {Anisotremus surinamensis}]