(n)the humanistic discipline that attempts to reconstruct the transmission of a text (especially a text in manuscript form) on the basis of relations between the various surviving manuscripts (sometimes using cladistic analysis), Syn.stemmatics
‖n.; pl.Stemmata [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, pl. &unr_;, a garland or chaplet. ] (Zool.) (a) One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus. (b) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod. [ 1913 Webster ]
[あまずら, amazura](n) (1) (arch) (See 蔦) ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata); (2) (See 甘茶蔓) jiaogulan (species of herbaceous vine; Gynostemma pentaphyllum)[Add to Longdo]