'Cornucopia' definitions:
Definition of 'cornucopia'
From: WordNet
noun
A goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity [syn: horn of plenty, cornucopia]
noun
The property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia]
Definition of 'Cornucopia'
From: 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
Synonyms of 'cornucopia'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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