Venus flower basket or Ve·nus's flower basket (v  n s, vn-s z) also Venus's flower basket (-n-sz)n. A sponge of the genus Euplectella, living in deep marine waters of the East Indies and the eastern Asian coast and having a cylindrical skeleton of glassy intricate latticework. |
Venus's flower basket
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several deep-sea sponges of the genus Euplectella, esp E. aspergillum, having a skeleton composed of interwoven glassy six-rayed spicules
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| Noun | 1. |  Venus's flower basket - a 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 Asiaglass sponge - a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae Euplectella, genus Euplectella - a genus of Hyalospongiae |
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