HyperDic: carrion_flower

English > 1 sense of the expression carrion flower:
NOUNplantcarrion flower, stapelia, starfish flowerany of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
English > carrion flower: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers.
Synonymsstapelia, starfish flower
Member ofgenus Stapeliagenus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti
NarrowerStapelias asteriasstapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishstapelia
Catalanstapelia

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