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单词 rafflesia
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
raf•fle•sia  (rə flēzhə, -zhē ə, -zē ə, ra-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 in.–3 ft. (8 cm–90 cm) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
  • Neo-Latin (1821), after T. south, southern. Raffles, who obtained the type specimen

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rafflesia /ræˈfliːzɪə/ n
  1. any of various tropical Asian parasitic leafless plants constituting the genus Rafflesia, esp R. arnoldi, the flowers of which grow up to 45 cm (18 inches) across, smell of putrid meat, and are pollinated by carrion flies: family Rafflesiaceae
Etymology: 19th Century: New Latin, named after T. S. Raffles, who discovered it
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