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cornucopia

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cornucopia (kôr'nykō`pēə), in Greek mythology, magnificent horn that filled itself with whatever meat or drink its owner requested. Some legends designate it as a horn of the river god Achelous, others as a horn of the goat Amalthaea. It is often represented as filled with fruits and flowers and has become the symbol of plenty.
cornucopia
conical receptacle which symbolizes abundance. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 65]
See : Abundance
cornucopia
conical receptacle full of the fruits of the harvest. [World Culture: Misc.]
See : Autumn
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Cypher's store of eatables she poured out upon us with royal indifference to price and quantity, as from a cornucopia that knew no exhaustion.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
The last time they had had a big basket with them and all their Christmas marketing to do--a roast of pork and a cabbage and some rye bread, and a pair of mittens for Ona, and a rubber doll that squeaked, and a little green cornucopia full of candy to be hung from the gas jet and gazed at by half a dozen pairs of longing eyes.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
It was a tawdry affair, all Cupids and cornucopias, like a third-rate wedding-cake.
The Picture Of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar View in context
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