rafflesia

One entry found for rafflesia.

Main Entry: raf·fle·sia
Pronunciation: r&-'flE-zh(E-)&, ra-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Sir Stamford Raffles died 1826 English colonial administrator
: any of a genus (Rafflesia of the family Rafflesiaceae) of Malaysian dicotyledonous plants that are parasitic in other plants and have fleshy usually foul-smelling apetalous flowers emerging from the host, imbricated scales in place of leaves, and no stems