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JACK-O-LANTERN FUNGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jack-o-lantern fungus mean? 

JACK-O-LANTERN FUNGUS (noun)
  The noun JACK-O-LANTERN FUNGUS has 1 sense:

1. a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescentplay

  Familiarity information: JACK-O-LANTERN FUNGUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JACK-O-LANTERN FUNGUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks; the gills are luminescent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

jack-a-lantern; jack-o-lantern; jack-o-lantern fungus; Omphalotus illudens

Hypernyms ("jack-o-lantern fungus" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("jack-o-lantern fungus" is a member of...):

genus Omphalotus; Omphalotus (a genus of fungi with a depressed disc in the cap)


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