Noun has 3 senses

• stemma(n = noun.shape) - a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work;


• 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"



• stemma(n = noun.body) ocellus, simple eye - an eye having a single lens;