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Any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large evil-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
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stapelia
Word definitions for stapelia in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large evil-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers [syn: carrion flower , starfish flower ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Stapelia is a genus of low-growing, spineless, stem succulent plants , predominantly from South Africa with a few from other parts of Africa . Several Asian and Latin American species were formerly included but they have all now been transferred to other ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stapelia \Sta*pe"li*a\ (-l[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL. So named after John Bod[ae]us a Stapel, a physician of Amsterdam.] (Bot.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadace[ae] (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Stapelia genus noshow=1) of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.
Usage examples of stapelia.
Brassica oleracea, circumnutation of the radicle, of the arched hypocotyl whilst still buried beneath the ground, whilst rising above the ground and straightening itself, and when erect--Circumnutation of the cotyledons--Rate of movement--Analogous observations on various organs in species of Githago, Gossypium, Oxalis, Tropaeolum, Citrus, Aesculus, of several Leguminous and Cucurbitaceous genera, Opuntia, Helianthus, Primula, Cyclamen, Stapelia, Cerinthe, Nolana, Solanum, Beta, Ricinus, Quercus, Corylus, Pinus, Cycas, Canna, Allium, Asparagus, Phalaris, Zea, Avena, Nephrodium, and Selaginella.