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carrion flower
carrion flowern.1. Any of several North American plants of the genus Smilax, especially S. herbacea, an herbaceous tendril-bearing vine having clusters of small greenish flowers with the odor of decaying flesh.2. Any of various plants having flowers that emit a foul odor, especially stapelia.carrion flower n 1. (Plants) a liliaceous climbing plant, Smilax herbacea of E North America, whose small green flowers smell like decaying flesh 2. (Plants) any of several other plants, esp any of the genus Stapelia, whose flowers have an unpleasant odour car′rion flow`er
n. any of several North American climbing plants belonging to the genus Smilax, of the lily family, esp. S.herbacea, having small white flowers with an odor of carrion. [1830–40, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | carrion flower - any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowersstapelia, starfish flowerherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Stapelia - genus of foul-smelling plants resembling cacti; found from Africa to East IndiaStapelias asterias - stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas |
carrion flower
Synonyms for carrion flowernoun any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowersSynonymsRelated Words- herb
- herbaceous plant
- genus Stapelia
- Stapelias asterias
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