Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Deme
Deme (dēm), n. [Gr. δῆμος.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township. Jowett (Thucyd.).
2. (Biol.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.