Pronunciation: ' ja-k ə - ˌ lan-t ə rn
Function: noun
Date: 1667
1 : IGNIS FATUUS
2 : a lantern made of a pumpkin cut to look like a human face
3 : a large orangish gill fungus ( Omphalotus olearius syn. Clitocybe illudens ) that is poisonous and luminescent