1. cornucopia(n = noun.communication) horn of plenty - a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity;
is a kind of symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization
2. cornucopia(n = noun.attribute) profuseness, profusion, richness - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
is a kind of abundance, copiousness, teemingness
has particulars: overgrowth, greenness, verdancy, verdure, wilderness
1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance. [1913 Webster]
2. A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form. [1913 Webster]
" Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular,
cornucopia, n.
1 a a symbol of plenty consisting of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn. b an ornamental vessel shaped like this.
2 an abundant supply.
Derivative:
cornucopian adj.
Etymology:
LL f. L cornu copiae horn of plenty
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