| 单词 | stapelia |
| 释义 | stapelia[ stuh-pee-lee-uh ] / stəˈpi li ə / nounany of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor. Origin of stapelia1775–85; <New Latin, after J. B. van Stapel (died 1636), Dutch botanist; see -ia Words nearby stapeliastanza, stapedectomy, stapedial, stapediotenotomy, stapedius, stapelia, stapes, stapes-mobilization operation, staph, Staphcillin, staphylectomy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for stapeliastapelia / (stəˈpiːlɪə) / nounany fleshy cactus-like leafless African plant of the asclepiadaceous genus Stapelia, having thick four-angled stems and large typically fetid mottled flowers Word Origin for stapeliaC18: from New Latin, named after J. B. van Stapel, (died 1636), Dutch botanist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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