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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:lem·ma
PRONUNCIATION:  lm
NOUN: The outer or lower of the two bracts that enclose the flower in a grass spikelet.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek, husk, from lepein, to peel.
 
 
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