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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being extremely abundantplay

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 prosperityplay

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)

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