lexeme

/ˌlɛkˈsim/
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Definitions of lexeme
  1. noun
    a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'
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    type of:
    language unit, linguistic unit
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
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