[ rə'fli:ʒɪə , -'zɪə ]
■ noun a Malaysian and Indonesian parasitic plant with a single very large flower which smells of carrion. [Genus Rafflesia .]
Origin
mod. L., named after the British colonial administrator Sir T. Stamford Raffles .
[ rə'fli:ʒɪə , -'zɪə ]
■ noun a Malaysian and Indonesian parasitic plant with a single very large flower which smells of carrion. [Genus Rafflesia .]
Origin
mod. L., named after the British colonial administrator Sir T. Stamford Raffles .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004