资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stapelia \Sta*pe"li*a\, n. [NL. So named after John Bod[ae]us a
   Stapel, a physician of Amsterdam.] (Bot.)
   An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the
   natural order {Asclepiadace[ae]} (Milkweed family). They are
   succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark
   tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor
   of the blossoms is like that of carrion.

资料来源 : WordNet®

stapelia
     n : any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent
         leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large
         evil-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers [syn: {carrion
         flower}, {starfish flower}]