succulent
[suhk-yuh-luh nt]
- full of juice; juicy.
- rich in desirable qualities.
- affording mental nourishment.
- (of a plant) having fleshy and juicy tissues.
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- a succulent plant, as a sedum or cactus.
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Origin of succulent
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Contemporary Examples
Gloria is a role as succulent, meaty, and challenging as they come.
Its inventor, Keizo Shimamoto, tells Marlow Stern the story of this succulent creation.
Where else can you see people in half shirts taking down a succulent filet mignon?
We use them to thicken sauces and bind crisp batters to succulent, deep-fried treats.
It's a succulent leaf, thicker than spinach, but when you chew and eat it, it tastes identical to a raw oyster.
Historical Examples
This prairie was entirely covered with a growth of succulent grass.
The Hunters of the OzarkEdward S. Ellis
By the teeth of her very cats did she evolve her succulent clover.
Old Familiar FacesTheodore Watts-Dunton
You are such a succulent woman, and yet you have no taste for anything.
Foma GordyeffMaxim Gorky
Many a spring had decked its twigs with tender, succulent green.
Jewish Literature and Other EssaysGustav Karpeles
She provided her, at a risible charge, with succulent meals.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide PujolWilliam J. Locke
succulent
- abundant in juices; juicy
- (of plants) having thick fleshy leaves or stems
- informal stimulating interest, desire, etc
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- a plant that is able to exist in arid or salty conditions by using water stored in its fleshy tissues
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin succulentus, from sūcus juice
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Word Origin and History for succulent
adj.
c.1600, from French succulent, from Latin succulentus "having juice," from succus "juice, sap;" related to sugere "to suck," and cognate with Old English sucan "to suck" (see suck).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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