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Cornucopia
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Abundance or Plenty(Noun) named after the Horn of Plenty, an abundance, an overwhelming supply
Usage: She was stuck by the cornucopia of lies falling from her student's mouth.
An animal's horn or tusk overflowing with edible goods.
Dated (C19 th ) metaphor, more literary than colloquial, for the vagina, based on the standard sense of the word: 1) a cone-shaped receptacle; 2) a horn of plenty, a fount of all good things. See vagina for synonyms.
Etymology: From the Latin cornu copaie , meaning horn of plenty; in art, a goat's horn filled with flowers, fruit and corn; a symbol of plenty.
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