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noun
Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: carrion flower, starfish flower
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: Stapelias asterias
History
From Stapelia, the genus name, after J. B. van Stapel.
