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cornucopia
(encz) | cornucopia,hojnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cornucopia
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
[1913 Webster]
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 |
cornucopia
(wn) | cornucopia
n 1: a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit
symbolizing prosperity [syn: horn of plenty,
cornucopia]
2: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of
detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn:
profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia] |
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cornucopia
(encz) | cornucopia,hojnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cornucopias
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
resembling the cornucopia in form.
[1913 Webster]
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 |
cornucopia
(wn) | cornucopia
n 1: a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit
symbolizing prosperity [syn: horn of plenty,
cornucopia]
2: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of
detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn:
profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia] |
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