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stapelia
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
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