among the ancient poets, a horn out of which proceeded plenty of all things; by a particular privilege which Jupiter granted his nurse, supposed to be the goat Amalthea. The fable is thus interpreted: That in Libya there is a little territory shaped not unlike a bullock's horn, exceeding fertile, given by King Ammon to his daughter, Amalthea, whom the poets feign to have been Jupiter's nurse.

In Architecture and Sculpture the cornucopia, or horn of plenty, is represented under the figure of a large horn, out of which issue fruits, flowers, &c. On medals, F. Joubert observes, the cornucopia is given to all deities.

CORNUCOPIÆ, in Botany, a genus of plants belonging to the triandria clas; and in the natural method ranking under the 4th order, Gramineæ. See BOTANY Index.