Mexican hand tree

English

Etymology

So named because it grows in Mexico and its flowers resemble five-fingered human hands.

one of the flowers of the Mexican hand tree

Noun

Mexican hand tree (plural Mexican hand trees)

A tree, Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.

Synonyms

Devil's hand tree, devil's hand tree; handflower, handflower tree; macpalxochitl; manita

Hypernyms

tree

Translations

Translations

French: arbre à la main m
Nahuatl: mācpalxōchitl
Spanish: árbol de las manitas m, árbol de la manita m, manita (es) f

References

Mexican hand tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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