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suc·cu·lent

(sŭk′yə-lənt)

adj.

1. Full of juice or sap; juicy.

2. Botany Having thick, fleshy, water-storing leaves or stems.

3. Highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable: a succulent bit of gossip.

n. Botany

A succulent plant, such as a sedum or cactus.

[Latin succulentus, from succus, juice; see seuə- in Indo-European roots.]

suc′cu·lence, suc′cu·len·cy n.

suc′cu·lent·ly adv.

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succulent

(ˈsʌkjʊlənt)

adj

1. (Cookery) abundant in juices; juicy

2. (Botany) (of plants) having thick fleshy leaves or stems

3. informal stimulating interest, desire, etc

(Botany) a plant that is able to exist in arid or salty conditions by using water stored in its fleshy tissues

[C17: from Latin succulentus, from sūcus juice]

ˈsucculence, ˈsucculency n

ˈsucculently adv

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suc•cu•lent

(ˈsʌk yə lənt)

adj.

1. full of juice; juicy.

2. rich in desirable qualities.

3. affording mental nourishment.

4. (of a plant) having fleshy and juicy tissues.

5. a succulent plant, as a sedum or cactus.

[1595–1605; < Late Latin sūculentus= Latin sūc(us), succus juice + -ulentus -ulent]

suc′cu•lence, suc′cu•len•cy, n.

suc′cu•lent•ly, adv.

suc·cu·lent

(sŭk′yə-lənt)

A plant having fleshy leaves or stems that store water. Cacti are succulents.

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Noun	1.	succulent - a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs Carpobrotus edulis, Hottentot fig, Hottentot's fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig - low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp Dorotheanthus bellidiformis, livingstone daisy - low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals flowering stone, lithops, living stone, stone life face, stone plant, stoneface, stone-face - any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones living granite, stone mimicry plant, living rock - highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines aloe - succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
Adj.	1.	succulent - full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" lush juicy - full of juice

succulent

adjective juicy, moist, luscious, rich, lush, mellow, mouthwatering succulent early vegetables

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Translations

عُصاري، كثير العُصارَهغَض، رَيّان، طرينَبات أو ثَمَرَةُ كَثيرة العُصارَه

šťavnatýsukulentsukulentní

saftplantesukkulent

saftigsukkulentfleischig fleischige Pflanze

gras succulent

בשרני

nedvdúspozsgás növény

òykkblöîungursafamikillsafaríkur, ljúffengur

pianta grassa succulento

sukulentas

gaļīgssukulentssulīgs

saftplante sukkulent

сочный

sukulentsukulentný

kalın ve etlikalın yaprak ve sapı olan bitkisulu ve lezzetli

多汁味美的肉质植物肉质的

succulent

[ˈsʌkjʊlənt]

A. ADJ

1. [meat, fruit, vegetable] → suculento

2. (Bot) [plant, leaves] → carnoso

B. N (Bot) → planta f carnosa

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succulent

[ˈsʌkjʊlənt]

adj → succulent(e)

n (BOTANY) → plante f grasse

succulent

adj peach, steak → saftig; (Bot) plant, stem → fleischig, sukkulent (spec)

n (Bot) → Fettpflanze f, → Sukkulente f (spec)

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succulent

[ˈsʌkjʊlənt]

1. adj (tasty) → succulento/a

2. n (Bot) succulents → piante fpl grasse

succulent

(ˈsakjulənt) adjective

1. (of fruit or other food eg meat) juicy and delicious. a succulent peach.

2. (of plants) having thick stems and leaves that are full of moisture.

noun

a plant of this type. A cactus is a type of succulent.

ˈsucculence noun

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Or we could tell of that cake the pirates cooked so that the boys might eat it and perish; and how they placed it in one cunning spot after another; but always Wendy snatched it from the hands of her children, so that in time it lost its succulence, and became as hard as a stone, and was used as a missile, and Hook fell over it in the dark.