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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