handflower

Etymology

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

noun

  1. 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.”