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horn of plenty en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of Latin cornūcōpia.

Meanings

1. A cornucopia.
   • 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. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 105:
2. An edible chanterelle of species (Craterellus cornucopioides.

Forms

Synonyms

trumpet of the dead (Craterellus cornucopiodes) · black trumpet (Craterellus cornucopiodes) · black chanterelle (Craterellus cornucopiodes)