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succulent

succulent

4 4.9
A plant with thick leaves that store water for dry places
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌkjələnt/
translation icon : planta suculenta
  • Inspired by my presence, she fixes the place up, hangs ribbons and cords of blue and white lights, and keeps orchids, flowering cacti, and succulents.
  • succulents and cacti
  • plant succulents
  • cactus and succulents

You'll want to feed your succulents almost like you do your cactus.

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Examples

  • In the dry desert, many gardeners grow succulents that can survive the heat.

  • You'll want to feed your succulents almost like you do your cactus.

  • We just have some cute little succulents sitting by the window.

  • My lovely succulents and some of the new flowers I bought this weekend.

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  • Then we have a little fake succulent because I kill all of my real succulents.

  • Did you ever grow succulents?

  • And this type of succulent really fills in gaps nicely.

  • A grouping of cacti and other succulents stood in one corner.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The plant life that I saw in the tidal marsh consisted of small species, many of them succulents, adapted to life in brackish water.

    Academic text (1995)
  • This garden, in Corona del Mar, Calif., shows off succulents' wilder, more colorful side.

    Blog text (34)

How Fleshy

succulent
4 4.9
shrub
44 1.0
herb
70 1.0

Surface Forms

succulent singular
succulents plural

Etymology

The word succulent comes from the Latin word sucus, which means 'juice'. A succulent plant is 'full of juice' because it stores water in thick, fleshy leaves to survive dry places.