The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

pomegranate → hawthorn 1 realization Unique

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

NEW Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		Mandarin Chinese
lexeme		shíliú (石榴)
meaning 1	pomegranate
direction	→
meaning 2	(Shouguang Mandarin) hawthorn
reference		English Wiktionary
comment		shíliú (石榴) is short from ānshíliú (安石榴). ānshí is Chinese name of Arsacid and Parthian Empire. The tree was named as it was brought to China by official and diplomat Zhang Qian (died c. 114 B) from the Arsacid Empire (安石) in Irania.