blood vessel
→
vein (botany)
6 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 | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | narampu | |
| meaning 1 | tendon, sinew | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | fibre, as of leaves | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 2162 | |
| comment | Also meanings: Nerve, vein, blood-vessel; String, as of a bow; Stringed instrument, one of pañca-mā-cattam. | |