Definition of Succulents. Meaning of Succulents. Synonyms of Succulents

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Definition of Succulents

Succulent
Succulent Suc"cu*lent, a. [L. succulentus, suculentus, fr. succus, sucus, juice; perhaps akin to E. suck: cf. F. succulent.] Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and the species of Mesembryanthemum.
Succulent
Succulent Suc"cu*lent, a. [L. succulentus, suculentus, fr. succus, sucus, juice; perhaps akin to E. suck: cf. F. succulent.] Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and the species of Mesembryanthemum.

Meaning of Succulents from wikipedia

- succulents. The habitats of these water-preserving plants are often in areas with high temperatures and low rainfall, such as deserts, but succulents...
- Stem succulents are fleshy succulent columnar shaped plants which conduct photosynthesis mainly through their stems rather than their leaves. These plants...
- The Succulent Karoo is an ecoregion defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature to include regions of desert in South Africa and Namibia, and a biodiversity...
- "Democracy Manifest" (also known as "Succulent Chinese Meal", amongst other names) is an October 1991 Australian news segment video by reporter Chris...
- houseplants are usually tropical or semi-tropical, and are often epiphytes, succulents or cacti. Houseplants have care requirements that differ from plants grown...
- respectively), the endemic tree hazomalany (Hazomalania voyronii), and succulents in the genus Pachypodium. Between 60 and 90 bird species and eight lemur...
- almost all cacti are succulents, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts adapted to store water. Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only...
- mucilaginous compounds. Some leaf succulents have leaves which are distributed along the stem in a similar fashion to non-succulent species (e.g. Cr****ula, Kalanchoe);...
- Portulacaceae, and Talinaceae. All three major kinds of succulent plant — stem succulents, leaf succulents, and caudiciform plants — are represented within this...
- species is really succulent or "only" xerophytic. In some cases, especially with geophytes, plants closely related to the succulents are normal herbs....