Meaning of handflower | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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.”

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