Definitions for jack-o'-lanternˈdʒæk əˌlæn tərn
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jack-o'-lan•ternˈdʒæk əˌlæn tərn(n.)
a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent a human face, traditionally displayed at Halloween, often with a candle or other light inside.
any phenomenon of light, as a corona discharge or an ignis fatuus.
a poisonous luminescent orange fungus, Omphalotus olearius, that grows in clusters at the base of tree stumps.
Category: Fungi
Origin of jack-o'-lantern:
1655–65
Princeton's WordNet
friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp(noun)
a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
jack-o'-lantern(noun)
lantern carved from a pumpkin
Webster Dictionary
Jack-o'-lantern(noun)
see Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack
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