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sta·pelia (stə pēlē ə, -pēl)

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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