NOUN | plant | carrion flower, stapelia, starfish flower | any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers |
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Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers. | |
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Synonyms | stapelia, starfish flower | |
Member of | genus Stapelia | genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti |
Narrower | Stapelias asterias | stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
Spanish | stapelia | |
Catalan | stapelia |
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