Lemma Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Lemma

Meaning 1 : the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae

    Synonyms : flowering glume
Meaning 2 : a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition

Meaning 3 : the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry


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