carrion flower (English, noun)
expansion: carrion flower (plural carrion flowers)
Senses:
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Amorphophallus spp., arums of the Old World tropics.
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Rafflesia spp., of southeast Asia.
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Stapelia spp., of Africa, especially South Africa.
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Smilax (syn. Nemexia), herabaceous vines of North America
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Bulbophyllum spp., certain orchids
glosses: Any of a wide variety of plants that have a scent of carrion that attracts certain animals to the plants from which they disperse pollen, seeds. or spores.
Other plants, including Aristolochia clematitis, Arum maculatum, Asimina spp. (pawpaws), Crescentia alata, Dracunculus vulgaris, Helicodiceros muscivorus, Huernia spp., Hydnora spp., Lysichiton americanum, Sterculia foetida, Symplocarpus foetidus, Trillium sessile, Tiputinia foetida, Satyrium pumilum, Moraea lurida, Ferraria crispa
Forms:
form: carrion flowers
tags: plural