| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HYALONEMA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Hyalonema \Hy`a*lo*ne"ma\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression glass thread.]. (references) |
