succulent
full of juice; juicy.
rich in desirable qualities.
affording mental nourishment.
(of a plant) having fleshy and juicy tissues.
a succulent plant, as a sedum or cactus.
Origin of succulent
1Other words from succulent
- suc·cu·lence, suc·cu·len·cy, noun
- suc·cu·lent·ly, adverb
- un·suc·cu·lent, adjective
- un·suc·cu·lent·ly, adverb
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How to use succulent in a sentence
Rubba says he wanted something “lively and bright and joyful,” a wish fulfilled by pink and pale green accents and strategically placed succulents.
Oyster Oyster, meatless and marvelous, has become one of D.C.’s best restaurants | Tom Sietsema | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostShe writes fat, succulent, don’t-bother-me-I’m-reading blockbusters that regularly top bestseller lists.
Liane Moriarty writes women’s fiction. Have a problem with that? She doesn’t. | Karen Heller | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostShe gave it to me, and I put a small succulent in it that would soon die.
Monitor risers also free up prime desktop real estate, giving you more space for supplies and cool desk accessories like charging stations, toys, and tiny succulents.
Best computer monitor stand: One trusty product to support every screen in your home office | Irena Collaku | July 13, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThroughout the city, succulent leaves frequently fall from the yards and pots of manicured pastel Victorians to the sidewalk, where I consider them fair game.
How to ship your beloved houseplants across the country without killing them | John Kennedy | June 22, 2021 | Popular-Science
All its lusciousness is held within the meat itself, making each bite deliriously succulent.
Charlottesville Is Swimming in Finger Lickin’ Gas Station Fried Chicken | Jane & Michael Stern | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWonderful sausage: dense, herb-spangled links that are more lean than fatty, but nevertheless emphatically succulent.
Welcome to Yooperland, A Little Slice of Finland in Michigan | Jane & Michael Stern | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGloria is a role as succulent, meaty, and challenging as they come.
Oprah Winfrey Should Win an Oscar for ‘The Butler’ | Kevin Fallon | August 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIts inventor, Keizo Shimamoto, tells Marlow Stern the story of this succulent creation.
Ramen Burger’s Inventor Talks About the Food Craze Eclipsing the Cronut | Marlow Stern | August 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTaking the time to source a quality product will result in a more succulent pork chop.
Is a temporary ailment, caused by eating too freely of fresh and generally wet clover, or other succulent food.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenThe great plenty of herbage, and its succulent quality, produced this effect, proofs of which we have in our own climate.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonFrom where they sat at the mouth of the cavern they saw all three of their ponies cropping the succulent grass.
Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. EllisBumper was so busy filling his little stomach with green, succulent things that he scarcely noticed the other's hesitation.
Bumper, The White Rabbit | George Ethelbert WalshWhich I unearthed, I soon cut two succulent slices: they suited me nicely.
Amphitryon | Moliere
British Dictionary definitions for succulent
/ (ˈsʌkjʊlənt) /
abundant in juices; juicy
(of plants) having thick fleshy leaves or stems
informal stimulating interest, desire, etc
a plant that is able to exist in arid or salty conditions by using water stored in its fleshy tissues
Origin of succulent
1Derived forms of succulent
- succulence or succulency, noun
- succulently, adverb
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Scientific definitions for succulent
[ sŭk′yə-lənt ]
Any of various plants having fleshy leaves or stems that store water. Cacti and the jade plant are succulents. Succulents are usually adapted to drier environments and display other characteristics that reduce water loss, such as waxy coatings on leaves and stems, fewer stomata than occur on other plants, and stout, rounded stems that minimize surface area.
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