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Maris

proper nounattested in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname.

  2. 2

    Name component for agricultural plant varieties

    wheat: Maris Widgeon, Maris Huntsman, etc

    barley: Maris Otter, etc

    potato: Maris Peer, Maris Bard, etc

    field bean: Maris Beagle, Maris Beaver, etc

  3. 3

    Maris (or Mariś), god of fertility and love; son of Hercle.

Etymology

From Maris Lane, Trumpington, Cambridge (the founding site of Cambridge University's Plant Breeding Institute), from Etruscan Maris.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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