lemma (redirected from lemmata)

lem·ma ¹  (lm)

n. pl. lem·mas or lem·ma·ta (lm-t)

1. A subsidiary proposition assumed to be valid and used to demonstrate a principal proposition.

2. A theme, argument, or subject indicated in a title.

3. A word or phrase treated in a glossary or similar listing.

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[Latin lmma, from Greek, from lambanein, to take.]

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lemma  (lm)

Plural lemmas or lemmata (lm-t)

The outer or lower of the two bracts enclosing one of the flowers within a grass spikelet.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lemma - a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition proposition - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
	2.	lemma - the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae flowering glume glume - small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae
	3.	lemma - the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry header, heading, head - a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"