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Ce⋅res

  [seer-eez]
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–noun
1. a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
2. Astronomy. the first asteroid to be discovered, being the largest and one of the brightest.
3. a town in central California. 13,281.
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Ceres [(seer-eez)]

The Roman name for Demeter, the Greek and Roman goddess of agriculture.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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