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stapelia
(encz) | stapelia, n: |
Stapelia
(gcide) | Stapelia \Sta*pe"li*a\ (-l[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL. So named after
John Bodaeus a Stapel, a physician of Amsterdam.] (Bot.)
An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the
natural order Asclepiadaceae (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.
[1913 Webster] |
stapelia
(wn) | stapelia
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having
succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large
foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers [syn: stapelia,
carrion flower, starfish flower] |
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stapelia
(encz) | stapelia, n: |
genus stapelia
(wn) | genus Stapelia
n 1: genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from
Africa to East India |
stapelia
(wn) | stapelia
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having
succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large
foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers [syn: stapelia,
carrion flower, starfish flower] |
stapelias asterias
(wn) | Stapelias asterias
n 1: stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown
flowers with flat starlike corollas |
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