Definitions for stapelias

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stapelias sta·pe·li·a

Spelling: [stuh-pee-lee-uh]

IPA: /stəˈpi li ə/

Stapelias is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 533 anagrams from letters in stapelias (aaeilpsst).

Definitions for stapelias

noun

1. any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.

Origin of stapelias

1775-85; New Latin, after J. B. van Stapel (died 1636), Dutch botanist; see -ia