Etymology
1. Venus
noun. the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early morning star' or anevening star'.
Etymology
- Venus (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Venus
- intravenous
- malvinas
- cardenas
- ticinus
- selinas
- salinas'
- salinas
- dominus
- colinas
- venous
- minas
- lenis
- genus
- enos
2. Venus-hair_fern
noun. delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan.
Synonyms
- maidenhair
- maidenhair fern
- Venushair
- Venus maidenhair
- Adiantum capillus-veneris
- common maidenhair
3. Venus'_slipper
noun. any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing 1 to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips.
Synonyms
- genus Paphiopedilum
- Paphiopedilum
- orchid
- orchidaceous plant
- Venus's shoe
4. Venus'-hair_fern
noun. delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks; cosmopolitan.
Synonyms
- maidenhair
- maidenhair fern
- Venushair
- Venus maidenhair
- Adiantum capillus-veneris
- common maidenhair
5. Venus
noun. goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite.
Etymology
- Venus (Latin)
6. Venus
noun. type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells.
Synonyms
- mollusk genus
- family Veneridae
- Veneridae
- Venus mercenaria
- Mercenaria mercenaria
- round clam
- quahaug
- hard-shell clam
- hard clam
- genus Venus
Etymology
- Venus (Latin)