succulent

IPA: sˈʌkjʌɫɪnt

noun

  • A succulent plant.

adjective

  • Juicy or lush.
  • Luscious or delectable.
  • (botany) Having fleshy leaves or other tissues that store water.
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Examples of "succulent" in Sentences

  • The stems are stout and succulent.
  • The leaves are succulent and spoon shaped.
  • About 850 species are succulent in the strictest sense.
  • The fauna in the succulent karoo biome is quite diverse.
  • Oh yeah - not thrilled about the word succulent, either.
  • The vegetation is dominated by the succulent plant Pig Face.
  • The succulent fruits of the hoho are especially sought after.
  • In succulent species, the leaves are mostly small and short lived.
  • His fields of specialization were the Bromeliads and succulent plants.
  • This crazy succulent is one I overwintered in the garage under growlights.
  • The fruit is a succulent berry with a thick rind, the size of a small lime.
  • The leaves are up to 40mm in length and are succulent, linear and flattened.
  • American desert, the so-called succulent desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico.
  • If you look up the word "succulent" in the dictionary, it has your picture of that pot roast!
  • -- Being unable to articulate a definition of the word "succulent," which forms the basis of his vocabulary lesson.
  • Like so many South African plants, this perennial is succulent, which is why it needs far less water than most other houseplants.
  • These shrub species are sometimes called succulent desert shrubs to distinguish them from shrubs such as creosotebush typically found in the drier Chihuahuan Basins and Playas (24a).
  • Julia had that particular kind of succulent charm — bright, dotty, soft, eager, acquiescent, flattering, impudent — that is specially, it seems, produced for the delight of Anglo-Saxon manhood.
  • As to what all this looked like and how it tasted, well, you can't eat metaphors, and if I ever use words such as "succulent," shoot me, but suffice it to say that I remember thinking as I walked into the night: If the Roman emperors can be said to have missed out on anything, it was this.

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