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stapelia definition

sta·pelia (stə pē′lē ə, -pēl′yə)

noun

any of a genus (Stapelia) of cactuslike African plants of the milkweed family, with large, star-shaped, bad-smelling, yellowish or purple flowers

Etymology: ModL, after Jan Bode van Stapel (died 1636), Du botanist and physician

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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