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Stemmata

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stem⋅ma

  [stem-uh]
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–noun, plural stem⋅ma⋅ta  [stem-uh-tuh] .
ocellus (def. 1).
Origin:
1650–60; < NL < Gk stémma wreath, garland, deriv. (with -ma n. suffix of result) from root of stéphos garland, stéphein to crown; from the crownlike appearance of ocelli in certain insects
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stem·ma   (stěm'ə)   
n.   pl. stem·ma·ta (stěm'ə-tə) or stem·mas

  1. A scroll recording the genealogy of an ancient Roman family; a family tree.

  2. The genealogy of the manuscripts of a literary work.

  3. A small, circular, simple eye present in various insect larvae.


[Latin stemma, stemmat-, from Greek, garland, from stephein, to encircle.]
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