succulent
pronunciation
How to pronounce succulent in British English:
UK [ˈsʌkjələnt]
How to pronounce succulent in American English:
US [ˈsʌkjələnt]
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- Noun:
- a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
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- Adjective:
- full of juice
Word Origin
- succulent (adj.)
- c. 1600, from French succulent (16c.), from Latin succulentus "having juice, juicy," from succus "juice, sap;" related to sugere "to suck," and possibly cognate with Old English socian "to soak," sucan "to suck" (see sup (v.2)). The noun meaning "plant with juicy tissues" is from 1825.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Cooked with sugarcane , these shrimp are sweet and succulent .
- 2. India also looks like a succulent opportunity .
- 3. You then have a right to enjoy it in a room befit such succulent meals .
- 4. They should be loved for their ingenuity and resolve ( as well as for their succulent flesh ) .
- 5. The green fruit ripens and turns yellow , the white flesh inside is succulent and has a very distinct flavor .