Definition of cornucopia Cornucopia

/kɔˌɹnʌkowˈpiʌ/ - [kornukowpeeu] - cor•nu•co•pi•a

We found 9 definitions of cornucopia from 5 different sources.

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What does cornucopia mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

cornucopia - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
  profusion, profuseness, richness
  copiousness, teemingness, abundance the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
  overgrowth a profusion of growth on or over something else
  verdancy, verdure, greenness the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
cornucopia - a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
  horn of plenty
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cornucopia (n.)
    The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
  • cornucopia (n.)
    A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • cornucopia
    kor-nū-kō′pi-a, n. the horn of plenty: according to the fable, the horn of the goat that suckled Jupiter, placed among the stars as an emblem of plenty.—adj. Cornucō′pian, plentiful. [L. cornu, and copia, plenty.]

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