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English Dictionary: Cornucopia by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cornucopia
n
  1. a goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
    Synonym(s): horn of plenty, cornucopia
  2. the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
    Synonym(s): profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cornucopia \Cor`nu*co"pi*a\
      (k[ocir]r`n[usl]*k[omac]"p[icr]*[adot]), n.; pl.
      {Cornucopias} (-[adot]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.
  
      2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers
            resembling the cornucopia in form.
  
      Note: Some writers maintain that this word should be written,
               in the singular, {cornu copi[91]}, and in the plural,
               {cornua copi[91]}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cornucopia, WI
      Zip code(s): 54827
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