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Webster 1913 Edition


Succulent

Suc′cu-lent

,
Adj.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Succulent

SUC'CULENT

,
Adj.
[L. succulentus, from succus, juice.] Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants are such as have a juicy and soft stem, as distinguished from such as are ligneous,hard and dry. Thus the grasses are succulent herbs, as are peas,beans and the like.