stemmas

Variant of stemma

stemma definition

stemma (stem′ə)

noun pl. stemmata stem′·mata (stem′ə tə) or stemmas stem′·mas

  1. family tree (sense )
  2. a record or diagram showing the connections between manuscripts of a given literary work

Related Forms:

  • stemmatic stem·mat′ic (stem at′ik) adjective

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