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handflower

handflower noun: a Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).

handflower: a Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon)
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Noun

handflower (plural handflowers)

  1. (sometimes) A Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
  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.2010, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows, page 86
    Synonyms:
    slave bracelet

Synonyms of handflower

Forms of handflower

pluralhandflowers

Origin of handflower

From hand + flower. Chiranthodendron pentadactylon is so called because its flowers resemble five-fingered human hands.

Questions about handflower

What does handflower mean?
Handflower means a Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
What part of speech is handflower?
Handflower is a noun.
What is the plural of handflower?
The plural of handflower is handflowers.

Words near handflower in the dictionary

  1. handfish
  2. handfishes
  3. handflag
  4. handflags
  5. handflare
  6. handflower
  7. handflowers
  8. Handford
  9. Handford device
  10. Handford devices
  11. Handfords

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