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Mother Nature


Mother Nature

noun

—used to refer to the natural world as if it were a woman

Full Definition of MOTHER NATURE

:  nature personified as a woman considered as the source and guiding force of creation
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First Known Use of MOTHER NATURE

1601

Rhymes with MOTHER NATURE

human nature, magistrature, second nature, supernature

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