JACK-O'-LANTERN


Meaning of JACK-O'-LANTERN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈja-kə-ˌlan-tərn ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.