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succulent, a. and n.|ˈsʌkjʊlənt|
[ad. L. succulentus (sūculentus), f. succus (sūcus) juice: see -lent, -ulent. Cf. F. succulent.]
A. adj.
1. Full of juice; juicy.
a. Applied to plants and their parts having a fleshy and juicy substance.
1601Holland Pliny I. 444 Their [sc. figs'] succulent substance..when they begin to ripen, is white like milke. 1626Bacon Sylva §507 Such Plants, as are very Succulent. 1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. iv. §3. 70 Texture of the Leaf;..Succulent; having thick juicie leaves, covered with a close membrane, through which the moisture cannot easily transpire, which makes them continue in dry places. 1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters I. 43 The succulent tribe of aloes and ficoides. 1785Martyn Lett. Bot. vii. (1794) 75 The fruit, which..is succulent in the peach. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 280 All green succulent plants contain saccharine or mucilaginous matter. 1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 323 The carrot is valuable on account of the facility with which it is kept in a recent and succulent state for a length of time. 1882Vines tr. Sach's Bot. 417 These peculiar stipules remain fresh and succulent not only during the life of the leaves but also after they have fallen. 1908[Miss E. Fowler] Betw. Trent & Ancholme 49 The succulent house⁓leek, green and red.
b. Of various other things.
1615Crooke Body of Man 30 From the substance some [parts] are dense, others rare and succulent or iuicy, others spongie & soft. 1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. ii. 245 That it [sc. coral] is oftentimes found very succulent. 1877Black Green Past. xliv. 357 Rich, deep black, succulent mud. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 116 Each tumour..becomes solid, more succulent, and more rapid in its growth.
c. Of food or articles of food.
1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 66 The succulent parts of the aliment. 1725Fam. Dict. s.v. Gravy, Such Messes, into which some of it is to be put to render them more Succulent. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xii, The succulent and highly-spiced messes indulged in by the nations of the East. 1907G. F. S. Elliot Rom. Plant Life 181 Sussex downs so famous for succulent mutton.
†d. Of persons: Well nourished. (Cf. sappy 4.)
1673R. Head Canting Acad. 147 Her name was..Wheedle, a plump succulent Girl.
2. transf. and fig. ‘Juicy’, ‘sappy’, rich.
1626Bacon Sylva §512 Yellow is a lesse Succulent Colour than Green. 1660Waterhouse Arms & Arm. 147 In short, from these the learned Nobility and Gentry..grow to be succulent Philosophers. 1692Bentley Boyle Lect. iv. 127 In the flower of her Youth, while she [sc. the Earth] was succulent and fertil. 1827Hallam Const. Hist. iv. (1876) I. 224 The queen and her courtiers..continued to prey upon their succulent victim [sc. the Church]. 1859Meredith R. Feverel xii, Pluming a smile upon his succulent mouth. Ibid. xxxv, His air of rather succulent patronage. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xl, It occurred to her that when she had known about them a good while they would cease to be succulent themes of converse or meditation. 1898G. B. Shaw Plays II. You never can tell ii. Stage-direct., He..is at present reduced to the advertisements, which are not sufficiently succulent to induce him to persevere with them.
3. Comb., as succulent-fruited, succulent-leaved adjs.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 183 The berries of the succulent-fruited kinds. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 267 Sedums, and other succulent-leaved plants.
B. n. Bot. A succulent plant.
1825Greenhouse Comp. I. 105 Green-house succulents are of the easiest possible culture and propagation. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 267 The leaves of such succulents as cacalia,..cactus, and similar plants. 1914Daily News & Leader 25 June 4 The succulents growing in the desert.
Hence ˈsucculently adv., in a succulent manner.
1892E. Reeves Homeward Bound 174 Transparent, grey, pure, succulently inviting snails. 1899Kipling Stalky 69 Mr. King was pleased to smile succulently in form. |