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horn of plenty

horn of plen·ty
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hawrn uhv, ov plen-tee]
    • /hɔrn ʌv, ɒv ˈplɛn ti/
    • /hɔːn əv ˈplenti/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawrn uhv, ov plen-tee]
    • /hɔrn ʌv, ɒv ˈplɛn ti/

Definitions of horn of plenty words

  • noun horn of plenty cornucopia. 1
  • noun horn of plenty Mycology. an edible trumpet-shaped chanterelle, Craterellus cornucopiodes, commonly found under certain trees of eastern North America and the Pacific coast. 1
  • noun horn of plenty cornucopia 1
  • noun horn of plenty an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Craterellus cornucopioides, related to the chanterelle and like it funnel shaped but dark brown inside and dark grey outside: found in broad-leaved woodland 0
  • noun horn of plenty The cornucopia. 0
  • noun horn of plenty An edible chanterelle, Craterellus cornucopioides. 0

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Origin of horn of plenty

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; translation of Late Latin cornūcōpia. See cornucopia

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Parts of speech for Horn of plenty

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

horn of plenty popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for horn of plenty

noun horn of plenty

  • cornucopia — A cornucopia of things is a large number of different things.

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