Mexican hand tree

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Mexican hand tree

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

noun Mexican hand trees

A tree of species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.
Similar: devil's hand tree, handflower, handflower tree, macpalxochitl, manita

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Español	árbol de las manitas, árbol de la manita, manita
Français	arbre à la main

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"Mexican hand tree." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mexican%20hand%20tree. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Mexican hand tree. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mexican%20hand%20tree

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"Mexican hand tree." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mexican%20hand%20tree.

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@misc{mexican_hand_tree_2026,
  title = {Mexican hand tree},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mexican%20hand%20tree},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}