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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter;

2. the largest asteroid and the first discovered;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ceres \Ce"res\, n. [L., Ceres, also corn, grain, akin to E. create.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage. [1913 Webster] 2. (Actron.) The first discovered asteroid. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ceres n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter 2: the largest asteroid and the first discovered