Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Euplectella
Eu′plec·tel′la, n. [NL., fr. Gr. εὖπλεκτος well plaited; εὖ well + πλεκτός plaited.] (Zoöl) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; — called also Venus's flower-basket.