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PREFERRED TERM
Cornucopia  
DEFINITION
  • n. From the late Latin form, previously "cornū cōpiae" meaning horn of plenty. It refers to the representation of a goat's horn represented in art as overflowing with flowers, fruit, and corn, which signifies the horn of plenty.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
  • Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Corne d'abondance

French

Cornucopia

Italian

Cornucopia

Spanish

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