Ceres
(2 syl.). Corn. Ceres was the Roman name of Mother-Earth,
the protectress of agriculture and of all the fruits of the earth.
“Dark frowning heaths grow bright with Ceres' store.” Thomson:
Castle of Indolence, ii. 27.
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