mother earth
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noun
the earth regarded as the source of all animate and inanimate things.
the land or soil.
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Nearby words
mother cell, mother church, mother city, mother country, mother cyst, mother earth, mother figure, mother goddess, mother goose, mother goose rhymes, mother hen
Origin of mother earth
First recorded in 1580–90
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