2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stapelia \Sta*pe"li*a\ (-l[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL. So named after John Bodaeus a Stapel, a physician of Amsterdam.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stapelia n : any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large evil-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers [syn: {carrion flower}, {starfish flower}]
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