stemma

[ stem-uh ]
/ ˈstɛm ə /
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noun, plural stem·ma·ta [stem-uh-tuh] /ˈstɛm ə tə/.

ocellus(def 1).

Origin of stemma

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek stémma wreath, garland, derivative (with -ma noun suffix of result) from root of stéphos garland, stéphein to crown; from the crownlike appearance of ocelli in certain insects

Words nearby stemma

stem turn, stem-and-leaf diagram, stem-end rot, stem-winder, stemhead, stemma, stemmed, stemmer, stemmery, stemson, stemware

Words related to stemma

lineage, ancestry, genetics, parentage, pedigree, extraction, generation, descent, strain, heredity, derivation, line, history, stock, genealogy, tree, bloodline, stirps

Example sentences from the Web for stemma

  • They are confirmed in this idea by the discovery of his Stemma as a councillor of the English nation for the year 1600.

    William Harvey |D'Arcy Powers

  • Seeing that the boys were fascinated by the grandeur of Csarism, he rolled up the stemma.

    Darkness and Dawn |Frederic W. Farrar

British Dictionary definitions for stemma

stemma
/ (ˈstɛmə) /

noun

a family tree; pedigree

Word Origin for stemma

C19: via Latin from Greek stemma garland, wreath, from stephein to crown, wreathe