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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Cornucopia

Cor′nu·co′pi·a (kôr′nū·kō′pĭ·ȧ), n.; pl. Cornucopias (- ȧz). [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.

2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.

☞ Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copiæ, and in the plural, cornua copiæ.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.