cornucopia

Noun
Synonyms: horn of plentyprofusionprofusenessrichness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperitySynonyms: horn of plenty
  2. the property of being extremely abundant“the profusion of detail”“the idiomatic richness of English”Synonyms: profusionprofusenessrichness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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

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