Du·mu·zi

[doo-moo-zee]
noun
the Sumerian god of pastures and vegetation: the consort of Inanna.
Compare Tammuz.
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dumuzi

noun
Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna 
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Dumuzi is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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This murder of dumuzi is thought, critically, to be the source of the murder of abel.
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