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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sta·pe·lia /stəˈpiljə/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sta·pe·li·a n.  Bot. An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]