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stemma
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun stemma has 3 senses
- stemma(n = noun.shape) Array - a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work; Array is a kind of tree, tree diagram
- stemma(n = noun.group) ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" has particulars: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side
- stemma(n = noun.body) ocellus, simple eye - an eye having a single lens; Array is a kind of eye, oculus, optic
is a kind of family tree, genealogy
has particulars: ommatidium
CIDE DICTIONARY
stemma, n. [NL., fr. Gr. , pl. , a garland or chaplet.].
One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
stemma, n. (pl. stemmata)
1 a family tree; a pedigree.
2 the line of descent e.g. of variant texts of a work.
3 Zool. a simple eye; a facet of a compound eye.
1 a family tree; a pedigree.
2 the line of descent e.g. of variant texts of a work.
3 Zool. a simple eye; a facet of a compound eye.
Etymology
L f. Gk stemma wreath f. stepho wreathe
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