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单词 stemma
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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 duchy, stem-end rot, stem ginger, stemhead, St.-Émilion, stemma, stemmed, stemmer, stemmery, stem reptile, stem rot
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Words related to stemma

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