jack-o-lantern (n.)

  1. a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent

    [ Syn: jack-o-lantern fungus , jack-a-lantern , omphalotus illudens ]

  2. a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground

    [ Syn: friars lantern , ignis fatuus , jack-o-lantern , will-o-the-wisp ]

  3. lantern carved from a pumpkin

    [ Syn: jack-o-lantern ]

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