suc·cu·lent

(sŭk′yə-lənt)

adj.

1. Full of juice or sap; juicy.

2. Botany Having thick, fleshy, water-storing leaves or stems.

3. Highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable: a succulent bit of gossip.

n. Botany

A succulent plant, such as a sedum or cactus.

[Latin succulentus, from succus, juice; see seuə- in Indo-European roots.]

suc′cu·lence, suc′cu·len·cy n.

suc′cu·lent·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

succulent

(ˈsʌkjʊlənt)

adj

1. (Cookery) abundant in juices; juicy

2. (Botany) (of plants) having thick fleshy leaves or stems

3. informal stimulating interest, desire, etc

(Botany) a plant that is able to exist in arid or salty conditions by using water stored in its fleshy tissues

[C17: from Latin succulentus, from sūcus juice]

ˈsucculence, ˈsucculency n

ˈsucculently adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

suc•cu•lent

(ˈsʌk yə lənt)

adj.

1. full of juice; juicy.

2. rich in desirable qualities.

3. affording mental nourishment.

4. (of a plant) having fleshy and juicy tissues.

5. a succulent plant, as a sedum or cactus.

[1595–1605; < Late Latin sūculentus= Latin sūc(us), succus juice + -ulentus -ulent]

suc′cu•lence, suc′cu•len•cy, n.

suc′cu•lent•ly, adv.

suc·cu·lent

(sŭk′yə-lənt)

A plant having fleshy leaves or stems that store water. Cacti are succulents.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	succulent - a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs Carpobrotus edulis, Hottentot fig, Hottentot's fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig - low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp Dorotheanthus bellidiformis, livingstone daisy - low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals flowering stone, lithops, living stone, stone life face, stone plant, stoneface, stone-face - any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones living granite, stone mimicry plant, living rock - highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines aloe - succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
Adj.	1.	succulent - full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" lush juicy - full of juice

succulent

adjective juicy, moist, luscious, rich, lush, mellow, mouthwatering succulent early vegetables

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

عُصاري، كثير العُصارَهغَض، رَيّان، طرينَبات أو ثَمَرَةُ كَثيرة العُصارَه

šťavnatýsukulentsukulentní

saftplantesukkulent

saftigsukkulentfleischig fleischige Pflanze

gras succulent

בשרני

nedvdúspozsgás növény

òykkblöîungursafamikillsafaríkur, ljúffengur

pianta grassa succulento

sukulentas

gaļīgssukulentssulīgs

saftplante sukkulent

сочный

sukulentsukulentný

kalın ve etlikalın yaprak ve sapı olan bitkisulu ve lezzetli

多汁味美的肉质植物肉质的

succulent

[ˈsʌkjʊlənt]

A. ADJ

1. [meat, fruit, vegetable] → suculento

2. (Bot) [plant, leaves] → carnoso

B. N (Bot) → planta f carnosa

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

succulent

[ˈsʌkjʊlənt]

adj → succulent(e)

n (BOTANY) → plante f grasse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

succulent

adj peach, steak → saftig; (Bot) plant, stem → fleischig, sukkulent (spec)

n (Bot) → Fettpflanze f, → Sukkulente f (spec)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

succulent

[ˈsʌkjʊlənt]

1. adj (tasty) → succulento/a

2. n (Bot) succulents → piante fpl grasse

succulent

(ˈsakjulənt) adjective

1. (of fruit or other food eg meat) juicy and delicious. a succulent peach.

2. (of plants) having thick stems and leaves that are full of moisture.

noun

a plant of this type. A cactus is a type of succulent.

ˈsucculence noun

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

It was a dinner for a King when he brought in a huge dish of it, succulent with tomatoes, and we ate it together with the good household bread and a bottle of red wine.

View in context

They lived on an almost straight- meat diet of moose, caribou, and smoked salmon, eked out with wild berries and somewhat succulent wild roots they had stocked up with in the summer.

View in context

"Ah," thought Akut, "The Killer has taken a mate," and so, obedient to the tribal laws of his kind, he left them alone, becoming suddenly absorbed in a fuzzy caterpillar of peculiarly succulent appearance.

View in context

Wilcox's direction, cut the meat where it was succulent, and piled their plates high.

View in context

The ape-man had no knife, but nature had equipped him with the means of tearing his food from the quivering flank of his prey, and gleaming teeth sank into the succulent flesh while the raging lion looked on from below as another enjoyed the dinner that he had thought already his.

View in context

To the soup succeeded some beefsteaks, compressed by an hydraulic press, as tender and succulent as if brought straight from the kitchen of an English eating-house.

View in context

Chulk was, at first, for rushing rapidly ahead as though the village of the raiders lay but an hour's march before them instead of several days; but within a few minutes a fallen tree attracted his attention with its suggestion of rich and succulent forage beneath, and when Tarzan, missing him, returned in search, he found Chulk squatting beside the rotting bole, from beneath which he was assiduously engaged in digging out the grubs and beetles, whose kind form a considerable proportion of the diet of the apes.

View in context

Kala had moved slowly along an elephant track toward the east, and was busily engaged in turning over rotted limbs and logs in search of succulent bugs and fungi, when the faintest shadow of a strange noise brought her to startled attention.

View in context

And as I looked there came bobbing out upon the current from the Stygian darkness of the interior the shell of one of the great, succulent fruits of the sorapus tree.

View in context

I ran over the white space and down a steep slope, through a scattered growth of trees, and came to a low-lying stretch of tall reeds, through which I pushed into a dark, thick undergrowth that black and succulent under foot.

View in context

Food was plentiful, principally berries and succulent roots, and on the river bank we played and lingered for days.

View in context

I could feel the succulent giving of flesh and bone under my blows, and for a moment I was free.

View in context