"stemma" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stemmata [plural], stemmas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*stegʷʰ-}}, {{bor|en|grc|στέμμα}} Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma) Head templates: {{en-noun|stemmata|s}} stemma (plural stemmata or stemmas)
  1. A family tree or recorded genealogy
    Sense id: en-stemma-en-noun-QY9dqiUZ
  2. In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts
    Sense id: en-stemma-en-noun-h8psc0lu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 42 34
  3. One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods
    Sense id: en-stemma-en-noun--vHjOpyT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: stemma codicum, stemmatics

Inflected forms

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