STEMMATA

STEMMA

lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock

(noun) the descendants of one individual; “his entire lineage has been warriors”

stemma

(noun) a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

stemmata

plural of stemma

Source: Wiktionary


STEMMA

Stem"ma, n.; pl. Stemmata. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus. (b) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

11 January 2025

COWBERRY

(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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