Mexican hand tree
English
Etymology
So named because it grows in Mexico and its flowers resemble five-fingered human hands.
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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
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References
Mexican hand tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia