Associations to the word «Stapelia»

Wiktionary

STAPELIA, noun. (botany) Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

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