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  1. lemma:


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Detailed Synonyms for lemma in English

lemma:

lemma [the ~] noun

  1. the lemma
    the lemma; the headword; the entry
  2. the lemma
    – the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry 1
    the lemma
    – the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry 1
  3. the lemma
    – a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition 1
    the lemma
    – a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition 1
  4. the lemma
    – the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae 1
    the lemma; the flowering glume
    – the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae 1

Related Words for "lemma":

  • lemmas, lemmata

Alternate Synonyms for "lemma":


Related Definitions for "lemma":

  1. the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry1
  2. a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition1
  3. the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae1