Stapelia Definition

stə-pēlē-ə
noun
Any of a genus (Stapelia) of cactuslike African plants of the milkweed family, with large, star-shaped, bad-smelling, yellowish or purple flowers.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Stapelia

Noun

Singular:
stapelia
Plural:
stapelias

Origin of Stapelia

  • New Latin Stapelia genus name after Jan Bode van Stapel (died 1636), Dutch botanist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Stapelia (“genus name").

    From Wiktionary

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SSTSTA

Words Ending With

AIALIA

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stapelia

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