Kalmar "Prunus dulcis" tana nufin sunan kimiyya na itacen almond. Karamin bishiya ce wadda ta fito daga Gabas ta Tsakiya da Kudancin Asiya, kuma tana samar da kwayayen almond da ake ci. Kalmar "prunus" ta fito ne daga kalmar Latin don "plum", wanda shine dangi na kusa da itacen almond, kuma "dulcis" shine kalmar Latin don "mai dadi". Saboda haka, ana iya fassara kalmar "Prunus dulcis" a matsayin "plum mai zaki" ko "almond mai dadi".