horn of plenty

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Etymology

Calque of Latin cornūcōpia.

Noun

horn of plenty (plural horns of plenty)

  1. The cornucopia.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 105:
      There are other mysteries expressed by the bison horn, the Paleolithic original of which the classical cornucopia is a copy: the horn of plenty is the universal vulva from which emerge all the creatures of life, plants, animals, and humans.
  2. An edible chanterelle (Craterellus cornucopioides).

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