English Explanatory Dictionary

Mexican hand tree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree of species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.

Word forms

Mexican hand tree Mexican hand trees

Etymology

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

Synonyms

devil's hand tree handflower handflower tree macpalxochitl manita
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