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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 luminescentplay

    Synonyms:

    jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern; jack-o-lantern fungus; Omphalotus illudens

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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