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Hyalonema
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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. See Glass-rope.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hyalonema'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hyalonema.html. 1828.