Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rafflesia \Raf*fle"si*a\, n. [NL. Named from its discoverer, Sir
   S. Raffle?.] (Bot.)
   A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically
   upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The
   flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one
   species ({Rafflesia Arnoldi}) having a diameter of two or
   three feet.