noun
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A succulent plant.
adjective
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Juicy or lush.
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Luscious or delectable.
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Having fleshy leaves or other tissues that store water.
Examples of succulent in a Sentence
The meal ends with a succulent dessert and cocktails.
In very succulent plants the cells form a compact mass, and those in the centre are often colourless.
From this time till spring keep succulent plants almost without water.
This has a relatively large development of succulent parenchyma on its upper and lower sides.
The leaves should be cut frequently so as to obtain them tender and succulent.
Our Menu is varied and ranges from enticing salads, char grilled steaks, sizzling fajitas succulent ribs and much more.
Succulent fresh Scottish sirloin steak for him, Filet of sole bonne femme for me, both cooked to perfection.
As you would expect, they are both accompanied by lashings of succulent local vegetables.
Initially microscopic organisms feed on the more succulent ingredients in the pile.
Others are grown as indoor or outdoor ornamentals, or in collections of succulent plants.
The chicken pakora was far better, the succulent chicken nicely flavored.
Favorites include succulent prawns fried in good olive oil with chili & garlic, & delicious grilled polenta topped with lightly fried wild mushrooms.
We believe the secret of cooking succulent pork lies in the slow maturing qualities of the meat allied with a good covering of fat.
Feed succulent food, eg soaked sugar beet pulp, to encourage water intake.
The Lamb was succulent and carried the mint sauce and horse radish well, even if the cut was a touch heavy with gristle.
All starters and desserts are homemade and the main course is usually a succulent roast served with accompanying sauces and fresh vegetables.
The wings were succulent with a sweet, tangy sauce, while the fries were crisp, golden and lightly salted.
Hot smoke from burning oak sawdust cooks the fish producing naturally brown succulent smoked trout.
Superb contemporary cuisine places the emphasis on succulent seafood, bolstered by wine selections from arguably the finest cellar in Fiji.
Hot smoked salmon steaks - rich, succulent steaks, one of our most popular buys.
Prime succulent boneless chicken breast, sandwiched between a layer of best pork and a delicious seasoned onion and sage stuffing.
It seemed to be longer and more succulent here than anywhere else in the field.
Culture notes An epiphytic free flowering succulent that grows to around 300mm high and 400mm across and is suitable for pots or hanging baskets.
In order to cope with this, plants have very succulent leaves in which they conserve water, similar to a cactus plant.
Put them in in the morning and by tea time they are really succulent and melting in the mouth.
The sausage & mash being judged " like English Sausage & mash but with more pizazz " whilst the breaded trotter was truly succulent.
Lamb so succulent; falling off the bone; packed with flavor.
Our method should help you produce a truly tasty turkey with especially succulent breast meat.
They are not a cure-all capable of transforming a tough old joint into tender succulent morsels.
Char-grilled chermoula swordfish had succulent fish served with wonderfully minty tabouleh.
For starters I've gone for a delicate salmon terrine while my main is succulent pork.
Here the gravelly desert is characterized by cushion plants, such as Anabasis aretioides; by switch plants, such as Retama Retam; and specially by spiny plants, such as Zizyphus Lotus and Zilla macropteris; whereas succulent plants are rare.
The lowland pasture, from 2000 to 5000 ft., is composed of more vigorous grasses, with an undergrowth of an exceptionally succulent character.
About 9 inches high, with sparingly branched, succulent stems and glaucous leaves, covered with stiff hairs and short terminal racemes of flowers about half an inch in diameter, resembling in form that of Borage.
G. macrophylla is robust natural form of this, with much larger bright green leaves, so thick as to be almost succulent.
Campanula Allioni - An alpine kind forming a network of succulent roots, with stemless rosettes of leaves an inch long, from which arise stalkless erect flowers.
The leaves are 4 feet long and half an inch wide, and are so succulent that unless carefully protected from snails they are soon eaten through.
Houseleek, Hens and chicks (Sempervivum) - Succulent rock and alpine plants, of which the common Houseleek (S. tectorum), often seen on old roofs and walls, is the most familiar.
There are several of these succulent plants in cultivation, but few are hardy enough for the open air in our climate.
C. oppositifolia is a distinct plant, and is well marked by its larger, very thick, succulent leaves and delicate white flowers.
The roots are succulent, and can retain life a long time even when dry, and as the plant sometimes fails to develop leaves annually, it is wrongly supposed to be dead.
Similarly, the small amount of cuticular and of epidermal protection, and of lignification in succulent halophytes may also be related to the same circumstance.
To preserve the colour of flowers pledgets of cotton wool, which prevent bruising, should be introduced between them, as also, if the stamens are thick and succulent, as in Digitalis, between these and the corolla.
Succulent specimens, as many of the Orchidaceae and seduins and various other Crassulaceous plants, require to be killed by immersion in boiling water before being placed in drying paper, or, instead of becoming dry, they will grow between the sheets.
The succulent fruits are not only edible but agreeable, and in fevers are freely administered as a cooling drink.
The canines are somewhat elongated, and were followed by a short gap in each jaw, and the cheek-teeth were adapted for succulent food.
Correlated with their life in dry situations, the bulk of the tissue is succulent, forming a water-store, which is protected from loss by evaporation by a thickly cuticularized epidermis covered with a waxy secretion which gives a glaucous appearance to the plant.
Cotyledon, a widely distributed genus with about 90 species, is represented in the British Isles by C. Umbilicus, pennywort, or navelwort, which takes its name from the succulent peltate leaves.
Among the commoner of the galls of the Cynipidae are the " oak-apple " or " oak-sponge " of Andricus terminalis, Fab.; the " currant " or " berry galls " of Spathegaster baccarum, L., above mentioned; and the " oak-spangles " of Neuroterus lenticularis, 9 Oliv., generally reputed to be fungoid growths, until the discovery of their true nature by Frederick Smith, 10 and the succulent " cherry-galls " of Dryophanta scutellaris, Oliv.
Tropical flora disappears, and in the semi-desert plains the fleshy, leafless, contorted species of kapsias, mesembryanthemums, aloes and other succulent plants make their appearance.