stemma

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Stemma
Stemma (plural stemmata) may refer to:
  • One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods
  • family tree or recorded genealogy
  • In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts
  • A graphical representation of the grammatical dependencies between the words in a syntactic construction --- see Tesniere

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stemma

Noun
1. a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
(hypernym) tree, tree diagram
2. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
(synonym) lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stock
(hypernym) genealogy, family tree
(hyponym) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
3. an eye having a single lens
(synonym) simple eye, ocellus
(hypernym) eye, oculus, optic
(hyponym) ommatidium


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stemma
nm. coat of arms, arms

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Stemma
(n.)
One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.
  
 
(n.)
One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
  

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stemma
N
garland| chaplet; a genealogical tree