1) Carrion flower 2) Herb 3) Herbaceous plant 4) Starfish flower
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The hairy, oddly textured and coloured appearance of many Stapelia flowers has been claimed to resemble that of rotting meat, and this, coupled with their odour, has earned the most commonly grown members of the Stapelia genus the common name of `carrion flowers`. A handful of species are commonly cultivated as pot plants and are even used as ro.....
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• (n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (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.
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(from the article `Asclepiadaceae`) ...carnosa, which is commonly called wax plant because of its waxy white flowers, is often grown indoors as a pot plant. Succulent plants of the ... any of about 75 species of succulent plants of the genus Stapelia of the milkweed family (Apocynaceae), native to tropical areas of southern Africa. ... ...
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<botany> An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odour of the blossoms is like that of carrion. ... Origin: NL. So named after John Bodaeus a Stapel, a ph...
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Sta·pe'li·a noun [ New Latin So named after John Bodæus a
Stapel , a physician of Amsterdam.]
(Botany) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order
Asclepiadaceæ (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with d...
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n] - 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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carrion flower noun any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
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any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
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