Venus's flower-basket

noun

Ve·​nus's flow·​er-bas·​ket ˈvē-nə-səz- 

ˈvē-nəs-

: any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans

called also Venus flower basket

Word History

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

Venus's flower-basket

noun

variants or Venus flower basket

: a tube-shaped sponge with a delicate glassy silica-containing skeleton