VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / cornucopia

Thesaurus: cornucopia

The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

Definitions

  1. n. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.
  2. n. A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
  3. n. a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
  4. n. the property of being extremely abundant
  5. 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 copiæ, and in the plural, cornua copiæ.
  6. A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling thecornucopia in form.
  7. n:100 n a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity n the property of being extremely abundant