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单词 stapelia
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stapelian.

Brit. /stəˈpiːlɪə/, U.S. /stəˈpiljə/, /stəˈpiliə/
Etymology: modern Latin (Linnæus 1737) < name of Jan Bode van Stapel , a Dutch botanist (died 1636): see -ia suffix1.
Botany.
A South African genus of apocynaceous plants, remarkable for the fetid smell of the flowers, whence one species ( S. hirsuta) is called Carrion-flower. Also, a plant of this genus.
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starfish1840
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toad-flower1884
stapeliad1933
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 224 Stapelia..has a very large wheel-shaped corol.
1834 Penny Cycl. II. 440/2 The leafless succulent stapelias.
1860 All Year Round 7 July 295 The carrion-scented flowers of stapelias.
in combination.1842 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 3 76 Maxillaria stapeliflora, stapelia-flowered.

Derivatives

staˈpeliad n. a plant belonging to one of a group of closely related genera including Stapelia and others formerly considered part of it.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > African plants > stapelias
stapelia1785
starfish1840
carrion-flower1852
toad-flower1884
stapeliad1933
1933 White & Sloane Stapelieae 1 The corolla of Stapeliads is usually fleshy.
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvi. 261 Among the great plant travellers are the Stapeliads of the family Asclepiadaceæ.
1977 W. P. U. Jackson Wild Flowers Table Mt. 48/2 Orbea variegata..is the only Stapeliad in the Cape Peninsula.
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