Lantern . ( Of the Dim. of bluff ). 1. m. bluff of paper, cellophane, or colored plastic, used to adorn in fairs and festivals. 2. d. vine, herbaceous plant of the family of the Sapindaceae, with long stems and ramosos, lanceolate with toothed edges and petiolate leaves of three by three, axillary flowers yellowish white and globose fruit of a centimeter in diameter with three almost round green seeds. It is cultivated in gardens. It has been used in medicine as a diuretic, and in the India, where appropriate, they ensartan the fruits to make bracelets and necklaces. 3. d. Plant perennial of the family of the Campanuláceas, with stems arable of six to eight decimetres of height, striated and ramosos, seated, oblong, rough and hairy leaves, and flowers large, campanudas, white, red, purple or variegated, peduncles and pyramidal bouquets. It is cultivated in gardens, and flowers throughout the summer. Lantern red. 1. m. Colloq. The last in a competition or other location.