manita

Etymology
Borrowed from, feminine-form diminutive of , because the small red flowers of the tree resemble five-fingered human hands.

Noun

 * 1)  The tree, or the red, hand-like flower this tree produces.
 * 2) * 1829 October 3, in the Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, number 321, page 112:
 * Tradition states, that though the Indians did not actually worship the manita tree, yet they regarded the flower with a sort of religious veneration.
 * 1) * circa 1846, Traveling Sketches, from a work by Waddy Thompson, republished in the Rural Repository (1846 July 18), volume 22, number 23, page 181:
 * with high walls on every side but open at the top and certainly not exceeding 80 feet square, and this is the botanic garden of the palace of Mexico; a few shrubs and plants and the celebrated manita tree, are all that it contains.
 * 1) * circa 1846, Traveling Sketches, from a work by Waddy Thompson, republished in the Rural Repository (1846 July 18), volume 22, number 23, page 181:
 * with high walls on every side but open at the top and certainly not exceeding 80 feet square, and this is the botanic garden of the palace of Mexico; a few shrubs and plants and the celebrated manita tree, are all that it contains.

Synonyms

 * , ; Mexican hand tree; handflower, handflower tree; macpalxochitl

Noun

 * 1) the female participant of a manito manita

Etymology 1
From. Football sense from the five fingers representing the five scored goals.

Noun

 * , little hand
 * 1)  wave (to show the hand wide open to the rival public) to indicate that the match was won 5-0 or 0-5
 * 1)  wave (to show the hand wide open to the rival public) to indicate that the match was won 5-0 or 0-5

Derived terms

 * (touching and carressing each other's hands)

Etymology
First used in 1882, as, from. Compare with.

Noun

 * 1) girl friend, chick
 * 2) lover (unisex)
 * 1) lover (unisex)