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rafflesia
[ ruh-flee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh, ra- ]
noun
- any stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 inches–3 feet (8–90 centimeters) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
rafflesia
/ ræˈfliːzɪə /
noun
- any of various tropical Asian parasitic leafless plants constituting the genus Rafflesia , esp R. arnoldi , the flowers of which grow up to 45 cm (18 inches) across, smell of putrid meat, and are pollinated by carrion flies: family Rafflesiaceae
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Example Sentences
As she and her colleagues described it in a 2014 paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, they successfully assembled the mitochondrial DNA from one Philippines species of Rafflesia.
This extraordinary Rafflesia Arnoldii is the biggest flower in the world.
The poisons of rafflesia, muscarine, and orsere are introduced in his fictions; somewhere he devotes an essay to toxicology.
The remarkable Javanese fungus Rafflesia belongs to this order.
The guide who was some distance behind, came up with a Rafflesia bud.
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