"Mexican hand tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Mexican hand trees [plural]
Etymology: So named because it grows in Mexico and its flowers resemble five-fingered human hands. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mexican hand tree (plural Mexican hand trees)
  1. A tree, Chiranthodendron pentadactylon. Categories (lifeform): Mallow family plants Synonyms: Devil's hand tree, devil's hand tree, handflower, handflower tree, macpalxochitl, manita Hypernyms: tree Translations (Translations): arbre à la main [masculine] (French), mācpalxōchitl (Nahuatl), árbol de las manitas [masculine] (Spanish), árbol de la manita [masculine] (Spanish), manita [feminine] (Spanish)

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