succulent
Noun
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A plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs (synset 113104944)
is a type of: tracheophyte, vascular plant - green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiospermssubtypes:
- carpobrotus edulis, hottentot fig, hottentot's fig, mesembryanthemum edule, sour fig - low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
- dorotheanthus bellidiformis, livingstone daisy - low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals
- flowering stone, lithops, living stone, stone life face, stone plant, stone-face, stoneface - any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
- living granite, living rock, stone mimicry plant - highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
- cactus - any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines
- aloe - succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
Adjective
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Tender and full of juice (synset 301371994)
"lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves"similar to: juicy - full of juicesame as: lush
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