horn of plenty
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Calque of Latin cornūcōpia.
Noun
horn of plenty (plural horns of plenty)
- 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.
- An edible chanterelle (Craterellus cornucopioides).
Synonyms
- (Craterellus cornucopiodes): black chanterelle, black trumpet, trumpet of the dead
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