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.
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2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
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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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cornucopia
n : the property of being extremely abundant [syn: profusion,
profuseness, richness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Cornucopia, WI
Zip code(s): 54827
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
profuseness, profusion, richness
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