STEMMA (stemmata)

• STEMMA (noun)
  The noun STEMMA has 3 senses:

1. a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
2. the descendants of one individual
3. an eye having a single lens

  Familiarity information: STEMMA used as a noun is uncommon.

• STEMMA (noun)

Meaning:

A tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("stemma" is a kind of...):

tree; tree diagram (a figure that branches from a single root)

Meaning:

The descendants of one individual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ancestry; pedigree; blood line; bloodline; lineage; line of descent; stemma; blood; parentage; origin; stock; descent; line

Context example:

his entire lineage has been warriors

Hypernyms ("stemma" is a kind of...):

family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stemma"):

family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)

breed (a special lineage)

side (a family line of descent)

Meaning:

An eye having a single lens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ocellus; simple eye; stemma

Hypernyms ("stemma" is a kind of...):

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stemma"):

ommatidium (any of the numerous small cone-shaped eyes that make up the compound eyes of some arthropods)