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单词 stapelia
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sta•pe•li•a  (stə pēlē ə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany 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.
  • Neo-Latin, after J. B. van Stapel (died 1636), Dutch botanist; see -ia
  • 1775–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
stapelia /stəˈpiːlɪə/ n
  1. any fleshy cactus-like leafless African plant of the asclepiadaceous genus Stapelia, having thick four-angled stems and large typically fetid mottled flowers
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, named after J. B. van Stapel, (died 1636), Dutch botanist
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