Definitions from Wiktionary (Lemma)

▸ noun:  (mathematics) A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.
▸ noun:  (in phrases, by extension) A proposition originally used for such a purpose, but having later acquired a greater, independent, importance; a fundamental (often pithy) and widely-used result.
▸ noun:  (linguistics, lexicography) The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.
▸ noun:  (psycholinguistics) The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.
▸ noun:  (botany) The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.
▸ noun:  (botany) One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.
▸ noun:  (rare) A female given name.
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