starfish flower vs stapelia

starfish flower and stapelia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
starfish flower	Yes	No	No	No
stapelia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, starfish flower and stapelia are synonyms defined as:

starfish flower and stapelia: any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers

Other synonyms of starfish flower include carrion flower.

starfish flower (noun)	stapelia (noun)
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers	any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers