pompon
[pom-pon]
- pompom2(def 1).
- the high plume at the front of a shako.
- Horticulture. a form of small, globe-shaped flower head that characterizes a class or type of various flowering plants, especially chrysanthemums and dahlias.
- black margate.
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Origin of pompon
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Examples from the Web for pompon
Contemporary Examples
It came four months later, as she stood on the sidelines of a tournament basketball game, clutching a pompon in each hand.
Historical Examples
Sew a pompon or a rosette of yarn over the top of the sewing stitch.
Spool KnittingMary A. McCormack
The Pompon, or Bouquet Dahlia is a favorite variety of this genus.
Talks about Flowers.M. D. Wellcome
The pompon kinds are small flowered, the petals being short.
Our left has touched them, and as I write this our pompon on that side has a couple of goes.
With RimingtonL. March Phillipps
She wore a gown of pale saffron trimmed with three bouquets of pompon roses mixed with green.
Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert