Agropyron intermedium sunan kimiyya ne na nau'in ciyawa da aka fi sani da ciyawa mai tsaka-tsaki. Kalmar "Agropyron" ta fito ne daga kalmomin Helenanci "agros" ma'ana filin, da "pyros" ma'anar alkama ko hatsi. "Intermedium" yana nufin tsaka-tsaki a cikin harshen Latin, kuma yana nufin matsakaicin halayen shuka tsakanin alkama da hatsin rai.
