carrion flower
Amorphophallus spp., arums of the Old World tropicsAny of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.: Amorphophallus spp., arums of the Old World tropics.
Meaning
6 sensesAny of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Amorphophallus spp., arums of the Old World tropics.
Rafflesia spp., of southeast Asia.
Stapelia spp., of Africa, especially South Africa.
Smilax (syn. Nemexia), herabaceous vines of North America
Bulbophyllum spp., certain orchids
Other plants, including Aristolochia clematitis, Arum maculatum, Asimina spp. (pawpaws), Crescentia alata, Dracunculus vulgaris, Helicodiceros muscivorus, Huernia spp., Hydnora spp., Lysichiton americanum, Sterculia foetida, Symplocarpus foetidus, Trillium sessile, Tiputinia foetida, Satyrium pumilum, Moraea lurida, Ferraria crispa
- any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
Forms
plural: carrion flowers| Singular | carrion flower |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers:stapeliastarfish flower