doll fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) 1 realization
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme матрёшка
Meaning 1 matryoushka, nest-doll / form of proper name Matryona
Direction
Meaning 2 fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
Reference Kuz'mina E. 2008
Comment Pskov. Because this mushroom is considered to be beautiful as beautiful woman. Probably also the name is connected to матрёшка 'matryoshka doll, also known as a Russian nesting doll' because these dolls often is pained whith red and white colors. Zhdanova 2011