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English Dictionary: succulent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
succulent
adj
  1. full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves"
    Synonym(s): lush, succulent
n
  1. a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Succulent \Suc"cu*lent\, a. [L. succulentus, suculentus, fr.
      succus, sucus, juice; perhaps akin to E. suck: cf. F.
      succulent.]
      Full of juice; juicy.
  
      {Succulent} plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy
            leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and
            the species of Mesembryanthemum.
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