So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.
Strong's Concordance
Original word: ἀλληγορέω
Transliteration: allégoreó
Definition (short): speaking
Definition (full): to speak allegorically
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from allos and agoreuó (to speak in an assembly)
KJV: Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
NASB: This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar.