stapelia
stapelia · stapelias
Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South…Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.
More definitions
- any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
Origin
From Stapelia, the genus name, after J. B. van Stapel.From Stapelia, the genus name, after J. B. van Stapel.
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Forms
plural: stapeliasSynonyms
2 synonymsgenus of odoriferous plants:carrion flower
Close in meaning
- any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers:carrion flowerstarfish flower