Definitions for lemma

Overview of noun lemma

The noun lemma has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (4) lemma

(a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition)

2. lemma, flowering glume

(the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae)

3. lemma

(the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry)