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)

1. A tree of species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.

Synonyms

• 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