'Stemma' definitions:

Definition of 'stemma'

From: WordNet
noun
A tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
noun
The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
noun
An eye having a single lens [syn: simple eye, stemma, ocellus]

Definition of 'Stemma'

From: GCIDE
  • Stemma \Stem"ma\, n.; pl. Stemmata. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, pl. ?, a garland or chaplet.] (Zool.) (a) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus. (b) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod. [1913 Webster]