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

\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.