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succulence

American  
[suhk-yuh-luhns] / ˈsʌk jə ləns /

noun

  1. the quality or state of being succulent; a specific element or part of something that is particularly succulent.


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Peking duck gets its succulence from that bird’s fatty nature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

“The Gilded Age” has always plied high-toned melodrama as its chief asset, but Season 3 ripens the starched formality of previous episodes into succulence.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

Order breast meat, and find it uniformly, almost uncannily tender; the dark meat is a study in succulence, with richness provided by more variation in texture.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024

I grew up with mangoes in Venezuela but did not fully appreciate their succulence until I moved to Miami two decades ago.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2023

Its introduction may be made an economical act, for its peculiar succulence makes butter or other condiment unnecessary.

From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various

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