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STARFISH FLOWER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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; starfish flower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("starfish flower" is a kind 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "starfish flower"):
Stapelias asterias (stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas)
Holonyms ("starfish flower" is a member of...):
genus Stapelia (genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East India)
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