What is the meaning of stemma?

A tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work.
The descendants of one individual.
- usage: "his entire lineage has been warriors"
- synonyms: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stock
An eye having a single lens.
- synonyms: simple eye, ocellus

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