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  • n  malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet
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  • Corpse flower in bloom in Belgium; hold your nose!
    BRUSSELS — Tourists are lining up in Belgium for the chance to visit a huge, foul-smelling plant. The national botanical garden was staying open until dusk for a second day Tuesday to give as many people as possible a view of the titan arum — also known as the corpse flower — that's towering over the visitors. At the heart of the flower a huge column rises upward to the sky and is responsible ...
    July 9, 2013 - Boston Herald
  • Hold your nose! Tourists line up to smell world's stinkiest plant
    BRUSSELS — Tourists are lining up in Belgium for the chance to visit a huge, foul-smelling plant. The national botanical garden was staying open until dusk for a second day Tuesday to give as many people as possible a view of the titan arum — also known as the corpse flower — that...
    July 9, 2013 - New York Post
  • Tourists Flock To See A Giant Flower That Smells Like Rotting Flesh
    Time is running out to see one of the world's largest and smelliest flowers, the Titan Arum, now in full bloom at the National Botanic Garden in Belgium.
    July 9, 2013 - Business Insider

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