Akademik
stemma
n. (
pl
. stemmata)
1 a family tree; a pedigree.
2 the line of descent e.g. of variant texts of a work.
3 Zool. a simple eye; a facet of a compound eye.
Etymology
: L f. Gk stemma wreath f. stepho wreathe
Useful english dictionary
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