noun
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
• Syn: ↑stapelia, ↑carrion flower
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Hyponyms: ↑Stapelias asterias
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Stapelia
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noun : a plant of the genus Stapelia (especially S. asterias)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.