noun : LEMMA
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition ;
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2. (
) the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae ;
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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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