Venus

noun
Ve*nus \ ˈvē-nəs \
before 12th century{ds||1||}
  • the Roman goddess of love and beauty
  • the planet second in order from the sun

Venus flytrap

noun
Venus fly*trap \ -ˈflī-ˌtrap \
1930
  • an insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family of the Carolina coast with the leaf apex modified into an insect trap —called also Venus's-flytrap

Venus hair fern

noun
Venus hair fern \
1551
  • a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) that grows chiefly on moist calcareous rocks and has delicate fronds with fan-shaped, lobed pinnae : southern maidenhair fern

Venus's flower-basket

noun
Ve*nus's flow*er-bas*ket \ ˈvē-nə-səz- \ ˈvē-nəs- \
1872
  • any of several glass sponges (genus Euplectella) of the western Pacific and Indian oceans —called also Venus flower basket

Williams:b8

biographical name
Williams \
  • Venus (Ebony Starr) 1980— and her sister Serena (Jameka) 1981— American tennis players
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