Handflower
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon). sometimes
- 2 A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
- 3 An item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
"The only other piece I owned from the Aurita was a delicate handflower, with similar fine gold chains trailing from a ring on my middle finger and across the back of my hand to a bracelet of twisted gold."
Example
More examples"The only other piece I owned from the Aurita was a delicate handflower, with similar fine gold chains trailing from a ring on my middle finger and across the back of my hand to a bracelet of twisted gold."
Etymology
From hand + flower. Chiranthodendron pentadactylon is so called because its flowers resemble five-fingered human hands.
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