"Fraxinus nigra" sunan kimiyya ne wanda ke nufin wani nau'in bishiyar da aka fi sani da ash baƙar fata. "Fraxinus" shine sunan jinsi, kuma "nigra" shine sunan jinsin. Kalmar "Fraxinus" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Latin "fraxinus," wanda ke nufin "bishiyar ash," kuma "nigra" ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Latin "niger," wanda ke nufin "baƙar fata." Saboda haka, ma'anar ƙamus na "Fraxinus nigra" shine "baƙar fata," wanda shine nau'in bishiya na jinsin Fraxinus.