"Crataegus coccinea mollis" shine sunan kimiyya ga nau'ikan tsire-tsire da aka fi sani da Red Hawthorn. "Crataegus" shine sunan jinsin kuma "coccinea" yana nufin "jari" a cikin Latin, yayin da "mollis" yana nufin "laushi" ko "m". Don haka, sunan "Crataegus coccinea mollis" mai yiwuwa yana nufin wani nau'i mai laushi ko taushi na shukar Red Hawthorn.
