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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being extremely abundant
Example:
the idiomatic richness of English
Synonyms:
cornucopia; profuseness; profusion; richness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("cornucopia" is a kind of...):
abundance; copiousness; teemingness (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cornucopia"):
overgrowth (a profusion of growth on or over something else)
greenness; verdancy; verdure (the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation)
wilderness (a bewildering profusion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A goat's horn filled with grain and flowers and fruit symbolizing prosperity
Synonyms:
cornucopia; horn of plenty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cornucopia" is a kind of...):
symbol; symbolic representation; symbolisation; symbolization (something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible)
