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Noun: stemma (stemmata)  stemu
  1. A tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
     
  2. The descendants of one individual
    - lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stock
     
  3. An eye having a single lens
    - simple eye, ocellus

Derived forms: stemmata

See also: stemmatic

Type of: eye, family tree, genealogy, oculus, optic, tree, tree diagram

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