noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
1. : a collapsible lantern of thin colored paper mostly for ceremonial or decorative use
2. : chinese lantern plant ; also : one of the brilliant inflated calyxes of the Chinese lantern plant
noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
1. : a collapsible lantern of thin colored paper mostly for ceremonial or decorative use
2. : chinese lantern plant ; also : one of the brilliant inflated calyxes of the Chinese lantern plant
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012