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Ceres
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The Roman goddess of agriculture, and also the name of the largest object in the asteroid belt, classified as a dwarf planet.
"Ceres was the Roman goddess who gave her name to the word "cereal.""
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From Latin Cerēs, goddess of the harvest, from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to grow, to nourish."