lemma

noun pl. lemmas or lemmata

a proposition proved, or sometimes assumed, to be true and used in proving a theorem
the subject of a composition, gloss, or note, esp. when used as a heading
a term glossed in a list

noun

the outer or lower of the two bracts or scales surrounding the flower of a grass

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