Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mexican hand tree

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
mex-i-can hand tree
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tree of species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Synonyms

devil's hand tree handflower handflower tree macpalxochitl manita

Questions

What does mexican hand tree mean?
A tree of species Chiranthodendron pentadactylon.
Where does mexican hand tree come from?
So named because it grows in Mexico and its flowers resemble five-fingered human hands.

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