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jack-o'-lantern

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jack-o'-lan​tern
noun
jack-o'-lan·​tern
ˈja-kə-ˌlan-tərn

Definition

  • a lantern made of a pumpkin usually cut to resemble a human face
  • any of several large orangish gill fungi (genus Omphalotus) that are poisonous and luminescent
First Known Use
1667, in the meaning defined at sense 3
jack-o'-lan​tern
noun
jack-o'-lan·​tern
ˈja-kə-ˌlan-tərn

Definition

  • a lantern made of a pumpkin usually cut to resemble a human face
  • any of several large orangish gill fungi (genus Omphalotus) that are poisonous and luminescent
First Known Use
1667, in the meaning defined at sense 3