Cornucopia
Cor`nu*co"pi*a
(kr`n*k"p*), n.;[1913 Webster]
2. pl.
(Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form.
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Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular,
cornu copi, and in the plural,
cornua copi.
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Cor"nute
(k?r"n?t k?r-n?t"),Cor*nut"ed
(k?r-n?"t?d), } a. [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.] 1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.[1913 Webster]
2. Cuckolded.
[R.] "My being cornuted."
LEstrange.
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