About The Word Cornucopia
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Cornucopia
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What's The Definition Of Cornucopia?
[n] the property of being extremely abundant
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cornucopia: profuseness | profusion | richness Related Terms | Find terms related to Cornucopia: abundance | accumulation | amassment | backlog | bonanza | budget | collection | commissariat | commissary | cumulation | dump | endless supply | font | fount | fountain | gold mine | heap | hoard | horn of Amalthea | horn of plenty | inventory | larder | lode | mass | material | materials | materiel | mine | munitions | pile | plenitude | plenty | provisionment | provisions | quarry | rations | repertoire | repertory | resource | rick | source | source of supply | spring | stack | staple | stock | stock-in-trade | stockpile | store | stores | supplies | supply on hand | treasure | treasury | vein | well | wellspring See Also | abundance | copiousness | greenness | overgrowth | teemingness | verdancy | verdure Cornucopia In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written,
in the singular, {cornu copi[ae]}, and in the plural,
{cornua copi[ae]}.
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