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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary; also called
entry word ,headword , andlemma .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
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