genus stapelia

Noun
  1. Genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti;
    Found from Africa to East India (synset 113259076)
    is a type of: dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
    member holonym:
    • carrion flower, stapelia, starfish flower - any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
    • stapelias asterias - stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas
    belongs to: asclepiadaceae, family asclepiadaceae, milkweed family - widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs of the order Gentianales; most with milky juice

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