HyperDic: venus[s_flower_basket

English > 1 sense of the expression Venus's flower basket:
NOUNanimalVenus's flower basketa deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework
English > Venus's flower basket: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia.
Member ofEuplectella, genus EuplectellaA genus of Hyalospongiae
Broaderglass spongeA siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae

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