Meaning & use
Venus flower basket
A deep-sea glass sponge with a delicate, lattice-like skeleton made of silica, found in the western Pacific.
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The Venus flower basket's intricate glass skeleton is often kept as a wedding gift in Japan.
Marine biologists photographed a Venus flower basket resting on the seafloor near the Philippines.
A note on using this word
Venus flower basket is the common name for the species Euplectella aspergillum, prized for its glass-like, symmetrical structure.
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