VENUS'S FLOWER-BASKET

Meaning of VENUS'S FLOWER-BASKET in English

noun Date: 1872 any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella ) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans

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VENUS'S-FLOWER-BASKET — noun ( plural venus's-flower-baskets ) Usage: usually capitalized V : a delicate tubular or cornucopia-shaped hexactinellid sponge (genus Euplectella ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VENUS'S FLOWER BASKET — a glass sponge of the genus Euplectella, inhabiting deep waters off the Philippines and Japan, having a cylindrical skeleton formed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS'S FLOWER-BASKET — noun Date: 1872 : any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella ) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VENUS'S FLOWER-BASKET — Pronunciation: ' v ē -n ə -s ə z-, ' v ē -n ə s- Function: noun Date: 1872 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VENUS'S-FLOWER-BASKET — [Ve.nus's-flow.er-bas.ket] n (1872): any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans--called also Venus flower …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VENUS'S FLOWER BASKET — any of several sponges of the genus Euplectella, especially E. aspergillum (class Hyalospongiae, glass sponges). The name Venus's flower basket …
Britannica English vocabulary
VENUS — Venus (vé-) npr Venus (1. [Rom. Relig.]; 2. [Astron.])
Interlingua English vocab
VENUS — Benus
English-Visayan vocabulary
VENUS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin Vener-, ~ Date: before 12th century the Roman goddess of love and beauty, the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VENUS — I Roman goddess of cultivated fields and gardens, later associated with Aphrodite . She was the daughter of Jupiter and …
Английский словарь Британика
FLOWER — I Reproductive portion of any flowering plant (angiosperm). Popularly, the term applies especially when part or all of the reproductive …
Английский словарь Британика
FLOWER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BASKET — I. ˈbaskə̇t, -aas-, -ais-, -ȧs-, usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, probably from (assumed) Old North French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VENUS — ˈvēnəs noun Etymology: after Venus, Roman goddess of love, 2d planet from the sun, from Latin Vener-, Venus, from vener-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VENUS — (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of these …
Английский словарь Webster
VENUS — (n.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror …
Английский словарь Webster
VENUS — (n.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and …
Английский словарь Webster
FLOWER — (n.) The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the …
Английский словарь Webster
BASKET — (n.) The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
Английский словарь Webster
VENUS — ( n. ) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BASKET — ( n. ) The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLOWER — /flow"euhr/ , n. 1. the blossom of a plant. 2. Bot. a. the part of a seed plant comprising the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BASKET — — basketlike , adj. /bas"kit, bah"skit/ , n. 1. a container made of twigs, rushes, thin strips of wood, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLOWER — I. ˈflau̇(-ə)r noun Etymology: Middle English flour flower, best of anything, flour, from Anglo-French flur, flour, flaur, from Latin flor-, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VENUS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin Vener-, Venus Date: before 12th century 1. : the Roman goddess of love and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VENUS — noun the goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified. 2. venus ·noun the metal copper; …
Webster English vocab
FLOWER — noun menstrual discharges. 2. flower ·noun grain pulverized; meal; flour. 3. flower ·vi to come off as flowers by sublimation. …
Webster English vocab
BASKET — vt to put into a basket. 2. basket ·noun the bell or vase of the corinthian capital. 3. basket ·noun …
Webster English vocab
FLOWER — [flow.er] n [ME flour flower, best of anything, flour, fr. OF flor, flour, fr. L flor-, flos--more at blow] (13c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VENUS — [Ve.nus] n [ME, fr. L Vener-, Venus] 1: the Roman goddess of love and beauty--compare aphrodite 2: the planet second …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLOWER — the reproductive portion of any plant in the division Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae), commonly called flowering plants or angiosperms. As popularly used, …
Britannica English vocabulary
VENUS — Venus with Cupid and a dolphin, classical sculpture; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome ancient Italian goddess associated with cultivated …
Britannica English vocabulary
VENUS — Venus BrE AmE ˈviːn əs ▷ Venus|es, \~'s ɪz əz ▶ ˌ Venus('s) ˈ flytrap BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLOWER — flower BrE AmE ˈfla ʊ ‿ə AmE ˈflaʊ‿ ə r (= flour) ▷ flowered ˈfla ʊ ‿əd AmE ˈflaʊ‿ ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BASKET — basket BrE AmE ˈbɑːsk ɪt § ˈbæsk-, -ət AmE ˈbæsk ət ▷ basket|s s ▶ ˈ basket case BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLOWER — / ˈflaʊə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the coloured part of a plant from which the seed …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BASKET — / ˈbɑːskɪt; NAmE ˈbæs-/ noun 1. a container for holding or carrying things. Baskets are made of thin strips of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VENUS — Ve ‧ nus /ˈviːnəs/ BrE AmE noun the ↑ planet that is second in order from the Sun: the high …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLOWER — I. flow ‧ er 1 S2 W2 /ˈflaʊə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BASKET — bas ‧ ket S3 /ˈbɑːskət, ˈbɑːskɪt $ ˈbæ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Probably from an …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VENUS — n. (pl. Venuses) 1 the planet second from the sun in the solar system. 2 poet. a a beautiful woman. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLOWER — n. & v. --n. 1 the part of a plant from which the fruit or seed is developed. 2 the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLOWER — n. & v. n. 1 the part of a plant from which the fruit or seed is developed. 2 the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BASKET
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VENUS — n. (pl. Venuses) 1 the planet second from the sun in the solar system. 2 poet. a a beautiful woman. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FLOWER — n. & v. --n. 1. the part of a plant from which the fruit or seed is developed. 2 the …
Oxford English vocab
BASKET
Oxford English vocab
VENUS — n. (pl. Venuses) 1. the planet second from the sun in the solar system. 2 poet. a a beautiful woman. …
Oxford English vocab
FLOWER — ( flowers, flowering, flowered) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A flower …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BASKET — ( baskets) 1. A basket is a stiff container that is used for carrying or storing objects. Baskets are made …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VENUS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Because it is closer to the Sun than Earth, Venus probably contained less water than …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLOWER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch of flowers/roses/daffodils etc ▪ I picked a bunch of flowers from the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BASKET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a laundry basket ▪ Pete put his dirty clothes in the laundry basket. a picnic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BASKET — [noun] [C] - a light container, often with a handle, which is made of thin bendable strips of wood or …
Cambridge English vocab
VENUS — [noun] [U not after the] - the planet second in order of distance from the Sun, after Mercury and before …
Cambridge English vocab
FLOWER — n. crane flower cardinal flower thousand flowers flowering plant
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FLOWER — n. Reproductive portion of any flowering plant (angiosperm). Popularly, the term applies especially when part or all of the reproductive …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VENUS — n. Venus's flytrap Venus flytrap Williams Venus and Serena
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VENUS — n. Second major planet from the Sun. Named for the Roman goddess, Venus is, after the Moon , the most …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VENUS — n. Roman goddess of cultivated fields and gardens, later associated with Aphrodite . She was the daughter of Jupiter and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BASKET
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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