pigeon (Columba)
→
columbine (Aquilegia)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | columbine | |
| meaning 1 | (archaic) pertaining to a dove or pigeon | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | columbine (Aquilegia) | |
| reference | OED | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | голубь | |
| lexeme 2 | голубок | |
| meaning 1 | pigeon (Columba) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (folk) columbine (Aquilegia) | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Also in plural голубки Бугаев И.В. Научные и народные названия растений и грибов. Томск, 2010. C. 26 |
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From the Latin colombina herba 'dove-like plant', the flower being likened to five clustered pigeons