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Demeter definition

De·meter (di mēt′ər)

noun

Gr. Myth. the goddess of agriculture and fertility: identified with the Roman Ceres

Etymology: Gr Dēmētēr < Gr(Doric) Damatēr < da- (? name for the earth) + matēr, mother

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