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Definition of: stapelia
(stə·pē′lē·ə) noun
Any of a genus (Stapelia) of fleshy African plants of the milkweed family, having leafless toothed stems and showy, starlike, ill–smelling, purple or yellowish flowers sometimes a foot in diameter; a carrion flower. [<NL, after J. B. van Stapel, died 1636, Dutch botanist]
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