| NOUN | plant | starfish flower, stapelia, carrion 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, carrion 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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