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stapelia

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun stapelia has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

stapelian. [NL. So named after John Bodæus a Stapel, a physician of Amsterdam.].
     An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceæ (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stapelia, n. any S. African plant of the genus Stapelia, with flowers having an unpleasant smell.

Etymology
mod.L f. J. B. von Stapel, Du. botanist d. 1636
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