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| lem·ma [ lémmə ] (plural lem·mas) |
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bract supporting grass flower: the lower of two dry membranous leaves bracts protecting a single flower in a flower head of a plant of the grass family
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| [Mid-18th century. < Greek, "husk" < past participle of lepein "peel"] |
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