stapelia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.

Word forms

stapelia stapelias

Etymology

From Stapelia, the genus name, after J. B. van Stapel.

Synonyms

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