succulent

SYLLABICATION:	suc·cu·lent
PRONUNCIATION:	sky-lnt
ADJECTIVE:	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.
NOUN:	Botany A succulent plant, such as a sedum or cactus.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin succulentus, from succus, juice. See seu-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	succu·lence, succu·len·cy —NOUN succu·lent·ly —ADVERB

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