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    Cornucopia , n.; pl. Cornucopias . [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.
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    2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
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      ☞ Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copiæ, and in the plural, cornua copiæ.

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