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.
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2. (Actron.) The first discovered asteroid.
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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