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plenty's horn

plenty's horn is the alternative form of horn of plenty.

Meaning of horn of plenty

Noun

horn of plenty (plural horns of plenty)

  1. A cornucopia.
    • 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.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 105
  2. An edible chanterelle of species (Craterellus cornucopioides.

Forms of plenty's horn

pluralplenty's horns

Questions about plenty's horn

What is plenty's horn the alternative form of?
Plenty's horn is the alternative form of horn of plenty.

Words near plenty's horn in the dictionary

  1. plentitude
  2. plentitudes
  3. plenty
  4. plenty as blackberries
  5. plenty to go around
  6. plenty's horn
  7. plentya
  8. plentyful
  9. Plentywood
  10. plenum
  11. plenum chamber

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