資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hyalonema \Hy`a*lo*ne"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? glass + ? a
   thread.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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}.