: a succulent plant (such as a cactus or an aloe)
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Adjective
vines weighted down with plump, succulent grapes
a buffet table set with an array of succulent roasts
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
The building itself is owned by the museum, and its outdoor grounds, which include a succulent garden and Wieghorst’s original house, are on land owned by the city and rented for a nominal fee.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Students from both the neighborhood elementary school and nearby federal university helped roll up Spanish moss, kalanchoe and other tropical succulents in bidim, a lightweight polyester geotextile made of recycled drink bottles.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Marginally hardy plants like butterfly ginger are also best planted after warmer weather prevails, as are succulent and dessert plants, which do not tolerate wet winter soils well.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2025
The building itself is owned by the museum, and its outdoor grounds, which include a succulent garden and Wieghorst’s original house, are on land owned by the city and rented for a nominal fee.
—Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
Plants with high light requirements, like tropicals and succulents, particularly benefit from grow lights in winter.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
Students from both the neighborhood elementary school and nearby federal university helped roll up Spanish moss, kalanchoe and other tropical succulents in bidim, a lightweight polyester geotextile made of recycled drink bottles.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Succulent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/succulent. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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succulent
1 of 2 adjective
suc·cu·lent
ˈsək-yə-lənt 
1
a
: full of juice : juicy
succulent cherries
b
: moist and tasty
a succulent meal
c
: having fleshy tissues that conserve moisture
succulent plants
2
: rich in interest
a succulent book
succulently
adverb
succulent
2 of 2 noun
: a succulent plant (as a cactus or an aloe)
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