About The Word Succulent
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Succulent
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What's The Definition Of Succulent?
[n] a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
[adj] full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" Synonyms | Synonyms for Succulent: juicy | lush Related Terms | Find terms related to Succulent: See Also | aloe | cactus | Carpobrotus edulis | Dorotheanthus bellidiformis | flowering stone | Hottentot fig | Hottentot's fig | lithops | living granite | living rock | living stone | livingstone daisy | Mesembryanthemum edule | sour fig | stone life face | stone mimicry plant | stone plant | stoneface | tracheophyte | vascular plant Succulent In Webster's Dictionary \Suc"cu*lent\, a. [L. succulentus, suculentus, fr.
succus, sucus, juice; perhaps akin to E. suck: cf. F.
succulent.]
Full of juice; juicy.
{Succulent} plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy
leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and
the species of Mesembryanthemum.
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