jack-o'-lantern
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noun \ˈja-kə-ˌlan-tərn\Definition of JACK-O'-LANTERN
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: a lantern made of a pumpkin cut to look like a human face
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: a large orangish gill fungus (Omphalotus olearius syn. Clitocybe illudens) that is poisonous and luminescent
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