JACK-A-LANTERN

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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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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