noun Etymology: New Latin, from J. B. van Stapel died 1636 Dutch botanist Date: 1776 any of a genus ( Stapelia ) of chiefly African perennial herbs of the milkweed family with succulent typically leafless toothed stems and showy but usually putrid-smelling star-shaped flowers
STAPELIA
Meaning of STAPELIA in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012