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Meaning of "stapelia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STAPELIA

From New Latin, named after J. B. van Stapel, (died 1636), Dutch botanist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STAPELIA

stapelia  [stəˈpiːlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAPELIA

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Stapelia is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STAPELIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stapelia

Stapelia

Genus Stapelia consists of around 40 species of low-growing, spineless, stem succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa. The flowers of certain species, most notably Stapelia gigantea, can reach 41 cm in diameter when fully open. Most Stapelia flowers are visibly hairy and generate the odour of rotten flesh; a notable exception is the sweetly-scented Stapelia flavopurpurea. Such odours serve to attract various specialist pollinators including, in the case of carrion-scented blooms, blow flies of the dipteran family Calliphoridae. They frequently lay eggs around the coronae of Stapelia flowers, convinced by the plants' deception. The hairy, oddly textured and coloured appearance of many Stapelia flowers has been claimed to resemble that of rotting meat, and this, coupled with their odour, has earned the most commonly grown members of the Stapelia genus the common name of "carrion flowers". A handful of species are commonly cultivated as pot plants and are even used as rockery plants in countries where the climate permits.

Definition of stapelia in the English dictionary

The definition of stapelia in the dictionary is any fleshy cactus-like leafless African plant of the asclepiadaceous genus Stapelia, having thick four-angled stems and large typically fetid mottled flowers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STAPELIA


abelia
əˈbiːlɪə
amelia
əˈmiːlɪə
anthelia
æntˈhiːlɪə
aurelia
ɔːˈriːlɪə
automobilia
ˌɔːtəməˈbiːlɪə
bromelia
brəˈmiːlɪə
camellia
kəˈmiːlɪə
Delia
ˈdiːlɪə
Elea
ˈiːlɪə
Elia
ˈiːlɪə
epithelia
ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪə
eutrapelia
ˌjuːtrəˈpiːlɪə
grindelia
ɡrɪnˈdiːlɪə
Karelia
kəˈriːlɪə
lobelia
ləʊˈbiːlɪə
mycelia
maɪˈsiːlɪə
parhelia
pɑːˈhiːlɪə
phacelia
fəˈsiːlɪə
syringomyelia
səˌrɪŋɡəʊmaɪˈiːlɪə
telia
ˈtiːlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAPELIA

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staphylococcus
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staphylorrhaphy
staple
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WORDS THAT END LIKE STAPELIA

aphelia
borrelia
bumelia
cimelia
dysmelia
Eastern Rumelia
endothelia
mesothelia
Morelia
parakelia
paranthelia
perihelia
phocomelia
promycelia
psychedelia
Roumelia
Rumelia
sprekelia
triskelia
water lobelia

Synonyms and antonyms of stapelia in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stapelia» into 25 languages

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五角星花
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stapelia
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stapelia
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stapelia
280 millions of speakers

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Стапелия
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stapelia
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stapelia
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stapelia
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Stapelia
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stapelia
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Translator English - Japanese

スタペリア
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stapelia
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Stapelia
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stapelia
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stapelia
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स्टेपलिया
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Stapelia
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Stapelia
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Stapelia
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Стапелия
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Stapelia
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Stapelia
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Translator English - Afrikaans

stapelia
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Translator English - Swedish

stapelia
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Stapelia
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Trends of use of stapelia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAPELIA»

The term «stapelia» is regularly used and occupies the 84.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAPELIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stapelia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAPELIA»

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Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Asclepiadaceae: ...
[Gonostemon] - flavopurpureus — » Stapelia flavopurpurea: 246 - var. fleckii -» Stapelia flavopurpurea: 246 - fuscopurpureus — » Stapelia sp.: 243 - gariepensis — » Stapelia gariepensis: 246 - gettliffei -» Stapelia gettliffei: 246 - giganteus ...
Focke Albers, Ulrich Meve, 2002
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Succulent Flora of Southern Africa
1 35 Spekboom, 50 Spalmanihus N.E.Br., 4, 5 Sour fig, 26 StapeliaL., 195, 197,204 Stapelia acuminata Masson, 209. col.p. 1 80 Stapelia albocastanea Marloth. 201 Stapelia ambigua Masson. 205 Stapelia arenosa Luckhoff, 210 Stapelia ...
Doreen Court, 2000
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Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In ...
In which the Most Ornamental Foreign Plants, Cultivated in the Open Ground, the Green-house, and the Stove, are Accurately Represented in Their Natural Colours ... John Sims. stapelia maculosa. spotteb-flowereb Stapelia. ^ ^ 41 ^ j|i '^ p ...
John Sims, 1816
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
segments ovate, sharpish, and villote at the edge. — Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 4. Stapelia sororia. — Branches divaricating, four-cornered, flowering at the base; peduncles round, longer than the corolla, which is very villose at bottom , ...
‎1828
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis
Native of Arabia Felix. 19. Stapelia concinna, or neat stapelia.--Stem four-corneI' ed,_el'e0t, branched at top; branches spreading, simple, flowerrng _at _ the base ; 'peduncles length of the corolla; corollas hlspid, with the segments ovate, acute  ...
John Wilkes, 1828
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1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants
6057 R Vietnam 6057 R Stapelia baylissii L.C.Leach 20604 R 20604 South Africa - Cape Province 20604 V Stapelia clavicorona LVerd. 20604 V 20604 South Africa - Transvaal 20604 V Stapelia divaricata Masson 20604 V 20604 South ...
Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett, 1998
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Sweet's Hortus Britannicus: Or a Catalogue of Plants ...
Pentandria Digynia. R.S. 1 emética, r.s. narrow-leaved. India. 1816. 2 aegyptiaca. н.к. Egyptian. Alpini. R.s. Periploca Secamone. w DUVALLIA. H.S.S. Duyallia. 1 reclinata. h.s. reclined. 2 clegans. u.a. elegant. Stapelia elegans. в.м. 3 hirtella.
Robert Sweet, 1827
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A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a ...
Cordate Stapelia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1805. Shrub \ to $ foot. 31 S. cane'scens (Hort. ex Haw. syn. p. 26. no. 29.) fj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Nothing is known further of the species. Canescent Stapelia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1795. Shrub.
George Don, 1838
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CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, ...
Stapelia. L. Asclepiadaceae. Origins: After the Dutch physician Jan Bode van Stapel (Johannes Bodaeus Stapelius), botanist, d. circa 1636, author of Dis- putatio medica inauguralis de variolis et morbillis, etc. Lugduni Batavorum [ Leyden] ...
Umberto Quattrocchi, 1999
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Medicinal plants 2:
Authors H.H. El-Kamali 1977; STAPELIA GIGANTEA N.E.Br. Protologue Gard. Chron. Ser. 2, 7: 684, fig. 112 (1877). Family Asclepiadaceae (APG: Apocynaceae) Chromosome number 2n = 22 Synonyms Stapelia nobilis Hook.f. ( 1901).
Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A., 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAPELIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stapelia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bloomin' attractions
Plants in the genus Stapelia are also called "carrion flowers." They are small, spineless, cactus-like succulent plants with interesting blooms. They all attract ... «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
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La flor lagarto
El género Stapelia comprende espectaculares plantas suculentas, originarias de zonas tropicales de África del sur, en particular de Botsuana, Zimbawe y ... «Oh!, May 15»
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Stapelia: una bellissima pianta che fa fiori a forma di stella
Stapelia: una bellissima pianta che fa fiori a forma di stella. Una pianta che sembra rara, ma è in realtà molto comune. Tanto bella, quanto puzzolente. «Today, Nov 14»
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Dal Rinascimento al futuro, nasce a Padova il Giardino della …
Benvenuti nella quinta serra, dove il visitatore troverà anche le stapelie (Stapelia gigantea, Stapelia gigantea grandiflora, Stapelia gigantea hirsuta), piante ... «Tiscali, Nov 14»
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Desert Gardener: Stapeliad plants pack foul smell, but make up for it …
Stapelia is a genus in the Asclepiadaceae family (milkweed), which was combined with the Apocynaceae family (dogbane) to create a group with over 3,000 ... «Yuma Sun, Sep 14»
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Fiori di cactus
stapelia Le Stapelie sono note a tutti gli amanti di piante succulente per la particolarità dei suoi fiori: bellissimi a vedersi, ma non certo profumati. Sono più di ... «Cose di Casa, Aug 14»
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Plantes grasses : participez au concours photo de la SNHF
Troisième prix en culture. Lauréat: Thierry Saffroy. Stapelia nobilis, Jardin botanique de Deshaies, Guadeloupe. La fleur de cette cactée (vue ici en gros plan) ... «Le Figaro, Aug 14»
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Carrion flowers exude scent for flies
Instead Stapelia gigantia arrays herself with the sight and smell of rotting flesh to attract its designated pollen vector, flies. I first encountered them in Clark ... «The Desert Sun, Jul 14»
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Starfish flower can't withstand late desert-summer sun
Question: I recently purchased two Stapelia, or starfish flower succulents. The first is planted in a west-facing courtyard. Right now, it gets only sporadic sun, but ... «azcentral.com, May 14»
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Zanosni grmovi i cvjetovi nisu bezopasni: od krizantema možete …
Strvosmrad ili Stapelia kao jako lijep sukulent ima nedostatak što njegov cvijet privlači muhe strvinarke koje su, poznato je, prijenosnici različitih bolesti. «Večernji list, Feb 14»

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