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stapelia |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stapelia \Sta*pe"li*a\, n. [NL. So named after John Bod[ae]us a Stapel, a physician of Amsterdam.] (Bot.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order {Asclepiadace[ae]} (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stapelia n : any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed cactus-like stems and large evil-smelling flowers often star-shaped [syn: {carrion flower}, {starfish flower}]
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