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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

succulent
    adj 1: full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef";
           "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" [syn: lush,
           succulent]
    n 1: a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by
         fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Succulent \Suc"cu*lent\, a. [L. succulentus, suculentus, fr.
   succus, sucus, juice; perhaps akin to E. suck: cf. F.
   succulent.]
   Full of juice; juicy.
   [1913 Webster]

   Succulent plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy
      leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and
      the species of Mesembryanthemum.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for succulent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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