horn of plenty

English

Alternative forms

• plenty's horn

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).

Synonyms

• (Craterellus cornucopiodes): black chanterelle, black trumpet, trumpet of the dead

Translations

the cornucopia — see cornucopia

Craterellus cornucopioides — see black chanterelle