pompon

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Her favorites are the tight pompon shapes with their preposterous geometry.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2022

Dahlia types include single, double, waterlily, cactus, pompon, peony-flowered and dinnerplate dahlias — named for their huge size.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021

Some are single or semi-double with decorative stamens, others have a pompon of central petals, and others are fully double.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2016

It derived from the 16th-century French pompon, which was a little puff made of ribbon or string.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2016

Charley’s combed columns of legs were noble things, his cap of silver blue fur was rakish, and he carried the pompon of his tail like the baton of a bandmaster.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck