succulent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Full of juice and very pleasant to eat.

   We had succulent slices of roast lamb for dinner.

2. 2
   adj

   (of a plant) having thick, fleshy leaves or stems that store water.

   Cacti and other succulent plants thrive in the desert.

3. 3
   noun

   A plant with thick, fleshy leaves or stems that store water, suited to dry places.

   She decorated her windowsill with a row of tiny succulents.

Borrowed from French succulent, from Latin succulentus.

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