Deme

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deme \Deme\ (d[=e]m), n. [Gr. dh^mos.]
     1. (Gr. Antiq.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of
        modern Greece), corresponding to a township. --Jowett
        (Thucyd.).
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     2. (Biol.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or
        plastids.
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