cornucopia

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A veritable cornucopia -- a horn of plenty -- seems to forever pour a shower of these good things into their houses.

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  1. noun A goat's horn overflowing with fruit, flowers, and grain, signifying prosperity. Also called horn of plenty.
  2. noun Greek Mythology The horn of the goat that suckled Zeus, which broke off and became filled with fruit. In folklore, it became full of whatever its owner desired.
  3. noun A cone-shaped ornament or receptacle.
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  1. Late Latin cornūcōpia, from Latin cornū cōpiae : cornū, horn; see cornu + cōpiae, genitive of cōpia, plenty; see op- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. ALL. accommodation, as a single word, of Latin cornu copiæ, literally horn of plenty; cornu = English horn; copiæ, genitive of copia, plenty: see horn and copy.
 

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/kɔrnjuˈkoʊpiə/
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