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rafflesia

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raf·fle·sia  (r-flzh)
n.
Any of various parasitic plants of the genus Rafflesia of tropical Asia, having small, brownish, scalelike leaves and fleshy, apetalous, foul-smelling flowers of various sizes. The species R. arnoldii has the largest flowers among all flowering plants, often measuring up to 1 meter (approximately 40 inches) in diameter.
[New Latin, genus name, after Thomas Stamford Sir Raffles.]
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