succulent
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
succulent/ˈsʌkjələnt/
▶adjective
- 1 (of food) tender, juicy, and tasty.
- 2 Botany (of a plant, especially a xerophyte) having thick fleshy leaves or stems adapted to storing water.
– derivatives
succulence noun,
succulently adverb.
succulence noun,
succulently adverb.
– origin C17: from L. succulentus, from succus ‘juice’.
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- aloe
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- echeveria
- hoodia
- Hottentot fig
- houseleek
- ice plant
- kalanchoe
- living stone
- mesembryanthemum
- saxifrage
- spekboom
