Lemma
WordNet
noun
(1) The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry
(2) A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition
(3) The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from .
Noun
- A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
- The canonical form of an inflected word; usually, for verbs: the infinitive or the present tense, first person singular; and for nouns: the nominative singular.
- A lexeme; all the inflected forms of a term.