horn of plenty

horn of plenty
1. cornucopia.
2. Mycol. an edible trumpet-shaped chanterelle, Craterellus cornucopiodes, commonly found under certain trees of eastern North America and the Pacific coast.
[1580-90; trans. of LL cornucopia. See CORNUCOPIA]

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