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handflowers

handflowers is the plural of handflower.

Meaning of handflower

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

Questions about handflowers

What is handflowers the plural of?
Handflowers is the plural of handflower.

Words near handflowers in the dictionary

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

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