NOUN | communication | lemma | a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition |
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plant | lemma, flowering glume | the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae | |
communication | lemma | the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry |
Sounds | leh'mah | |
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Rhymes | Alabama ... Yuma: 82 rhymes with mah... |
Meaning | A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition. | |
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Broader | proposition | (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false |
Spanish | lema | |
Catalan | lema |
Meaning | The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae. | |
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Synonym | flowering glume | |
Broader | glume | small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae |
Spanish | glumela, glumilla, lema | |
Catalan | glumel·la |
Meaning | The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry. | |
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Broader | heading, header, head | A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about |
Spanish | lema | |
Catalan | lema |
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