Demeter

(di mētər)

noun

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

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

See Demeter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Greek Mythology
The goddess of the harvest, daughter of Rhea and Cronus and mother of Persephone.

Origin:

Origin: Greek Dēmētēr; see māter- in Indo-European roots

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