Cornucopia

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cornucopia
       n : the property of being extremely abundant [syn: {profusion},
           {profuseness}, {richness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Cornucopia, WI
    Zip code(s): 54827