Stemma

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stemma \Stem"ma\, n.; pl. {Stemmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, pl. ?, a
     garland or chaplet.] (Zool.)
     (a) One of the ocelli of an insect. See {Ocellus}.
     (b) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
         [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stemma
       n 1: a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission
            of manuscripts of a literary work
       2: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
          been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {line of descent},
           {descent}, {bloodline}, {blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree},
           {ancestry}, {origin}, {parentage}, {stock}]
       3: an eye having a single lens [syn: {simple eye}, {ocellus}]
       [also: {stemmata} (pl)]