Meanings
plural handflowers
- sometimesA Mexican hand tree (Chiranthodendron pentadactylon).
- 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.
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 86Synonyms: slave bracelet
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn item of jewellery consisting of a bracelet linked to a ring by chains, lace or other elements which cross the back of the hand.
Origin
From hand + flower. Chiranthodendron pentadactylon is so called because its flowers resemble five-fingered human hands.
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