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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity;
[syn: horn of plenty, cornucopia]

2. the property of being extremely abundant;
- Example: "the profusion of detail"
- Example: "the idiomatic richness of English"
[syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cornucopia \Cor`nu*co"pi*a\ (k[^o]r`n[-u]*k[=o]"p[i^]*[.a]), n.; pl. Cornucopias (-[.a]z). [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty. See Horn, and Copious.] 1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form. [1913 Webster] Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copi[ae], and in the plural, cornua copi[ae]. [1913 Webster] Cornute
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cornucopia n 1: a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity [syn: horn of plenty, cornucopia] 2: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia]