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lemma

noun /lɛmə/ 2 syllables 5 letters Scrabble 9 WWF 12
Definitions
noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

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