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Noun: Saturn  sa-tu(r)n
  1. (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus
    "Saturday is Saturn's Day"
     
  2. A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun

Type of: gas giant, Jovian planet, outer planet, Roman deity, superior planet

Part of: solar system

Encyclopedia: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age