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jack-o-lantern
jack-o'-lan•tern (ˈdʒæk əˌlæn tərn)
n. 1. a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent a human face, traditionally displayed at Halloween, often with a candle or other light inside. 2. any phenomenon of light, as a corona discharge or an ignis fatuus. 3. a poisonous luminescent orange fungus, Omphalotus olearius, that grows in clusters at the base of tree stumps. [1655–65] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  jack-o-lantern - a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescentjack-a-lantern, jack-o-lantern fungus, Omphalotus illudensagaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the undersidegenus Omphalotus, Omphalotus - a genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap |
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Synonyms for jack-o-lanternnoun a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalksSynonyms- jack-a-lantern
- jack-o-lantern fungus
- Omphalotus illudens
Related Words- agaric
- genus Omphalotus
- Omphalotus
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