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JACK-A-LANTERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent
Synonyms:
jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern; jack-o-lantern fungus; Omphalotus illudens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jack-a-lantern" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("jack-a-lantern" is a member of...):
genus Omphalotus; Omphalotus (a genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap)
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