What is the meaning of lemma?

Noun

  • (n.) lemma (a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition)
  • (n.) lemma, flowering glume (the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae)
  • (n.) lemma (the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry)
  • (n.) Lemmon, Jack Lemmon, John Uhler (United States film actor (1925-2001)).
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