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  1. Latin `horn of plenty' In Greek mythology,
  2. one of the horns of the goat Amaltheia, which
  3. was caused by Zeus to refill itself
  4. indefinitely with food and drink. In
  5. paintings, the cornucopia is depicted as a
  6. horn-shaped container spilling over with
  7. fruit and flowers.
  8.