lemma
NOUN
/lɛmə/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH L
lemma is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
L1E1M3M3A1
1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING
What does lemma mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
The lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae.
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2
A subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition.
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3
The heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry.
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