"Veneracea" is a word in ENGLISH

A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.

Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. \"Aphrodisian dames\" [that is, courtesans].

The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.

n. morning star, daystar, Lucifer, Venus.

burnay n k. o. edible, small white venus clam. ismayling grinning stupidly (so called because the burnay are often slightly …

Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulaceae) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the …

A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or …

The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.

Pertaining to the goddess Venus.

An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap.

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some …

The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- …

A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together …

The daughter of Njord, and goddess of love and beauty; the Scandinavian Venus; -- in Teutonic myths confounded with Frigga, …

Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. …

Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper.

A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He …

Of or pertaining to Idalium, a mountain city in Cyprus, or to Venus, to whom it was sacred.