blood vessel
→
vein (botany)
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | vein | |
| Meaning 1 | blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | in leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle | |
| Reference | OED | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Finnish | |
| Lexeme | suoni | |
| Meaning 1 | blood vessel | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | vein (botany) | |
| Reference | Kielitoimiston sanakirja | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | ér | |
| Meaning 1 | blood vessel | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | vein (botany) | |
| Reference | Gal’di 1987 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | mài (脉) | |
| Meaning 1 | blood vessel | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | vein (botany) | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||