Handflower
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Handflower is a noun meaning (sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
Meaning
(sometimes in the phrase ‘handflower tree’) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
More Meanings
- A wallflower (Erysimum cheiri, syns. Erysimum × cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri).
- 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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- handflowers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include handplant, manita, macpalxochitl, araguaney, bundleflower, noonflower.
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