mother earth
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noun
the earth regarded as the source of all animate and inanimate things.
the land or soil.
Origin of mother earth
First recorded in 1580–90
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They remained, side by side, near the child whom mother-earth was taking back from them.
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
We may say "our father-land," but we always say "our mother-earth."
The Family and it's MembersAnna Garlin Spencer
What but the song of his old Mother-Earth, In her mighty humour of lust and mirth?
Hawthorn and LavenderWilliam Ernest Henley
A name of Cybele, wife of Saturn, and the Roman deity of mother-earth.
1000 Mythological Characters Briefly DescribedEdward S. Ellis
He felt then that mother-earth was truly receiving him into her kindly lap.
The Scouts of StonewallJoseph A. Altsheler