lemma

English Thesaurus

1. the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	head, header, heading,
definition	:	a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about (noun.communication)

2. a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	proposition,
definition	:	(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false (noun.communication)

3. the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	glume,
definition	:	small dry membranous bract found in inflorescences of Gramineae and Cyperaceae (noun.plant)