noun Download 🔗Share A family tree or recorded genealogy Examples : "The historian spent years researching and constructing the family's stemma, tracing their ancestry back to the 17th century. " family history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In the study of stemmatics, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its manuscripts Examples : "The professor drew a stemma on the board to show how different versions of the poem were related to the oldest, lost manuscript. " literature history language writing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share One of the types of simple eyes in arthropods Examples : "The caterpillar uses its simple eyes, called a stemma, to sense light and dark, helping it find leaves to eat. " animal biology insect organism anatomy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading