What is "stemmata"

Stemma \Stem"ma\, n.; pl. Stemmata. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, pl. ?, a garland or chaplet.] (Zo["o]l.)

1. One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.

2. One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.

n. (plural of stemma English)

1. n. a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work

2. 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, stock]

3. an eye having a single lens [syn: simple eye, ocellus]

4. [also: stemmata (pl)]

See stemma