1. stemma(n = noun.shape) Array - a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work; Array
is a kind of tree, tree diagram
2. stemma(n = noun.group) ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
is a kind of family tree, genealogy
has particulars: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side
3. stemma(n = noun.body) ocellus, simple eye - an eye having a single lens; Array
is a kind of eye, oculus, optic
has particulars: ommatidium
One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus. [1913 Webster]
stemma, n. (pl. stemmata)
1 a family tree; a pedigree.
2 the line of descent e.g. of variant texts of a work.
3 Zool. a simple eye; a facet of a compound eye.
Etymology:
L f. Gk stemma wreath f. stepho wreathe