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starfish flower

DEFINITIONS OF: starfish flower

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n any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers

Synonyms:
carrion flower, stapelia
Types:
Stapelias asterias
stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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