STAPELIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stapelia mean? 

• STAPELIA (noun)
  The noun STAPELIA has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers

  Familiarity information: STAPELIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAPELIA (noun)

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

carrion flower; stapelia; starfish flower

Hypernyms ("stapelia" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stapelia"):

Stapelias asterias (stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas)

Holonyms ("stapelia" is a member of...):

genus Stapelia (genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India)