Lemma (Noun)
Meaning 1
The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.