stemma

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stemma

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Borrowed from Latin stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).

noun stemmata · stemmas

A family tree or recorded genealogy. Where so few dates are known, an authoritative stemma is out of the question
In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts.
One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods.

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@misc{stemma_2026,
  title = {stemma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stemma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}