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Deseret () ( Deseret: ) is a term derived from the Book of Mormon, a scripture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) and other Latter Day Saint groups.

According to the Book of Mormon, " deseret " meant " honeybee " in the language of the Jaredites, a group believed by Mormons to have been led to the Americas during the time of the construction of the Tower of Babel ( see ).