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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

多肉植物

Pronunciation / Transliteration: taniku shokubutsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Succulent/ˈsʌk.jə.lənt/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は部屋の窓辺で多肉植物を育てています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Tender, juicy, and tasty, especially in reference to food.

    "The chef prepared a wonderfully succulent roasted chicken with herbs."
As noun
  1. 1

    A plant with thick fleshy leaves or stems adapted to storing water.

    "She placed a small succulent on her office desk because it requires very little water."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word succulentus, meaning juicy or full of juice, originating from succus meaning juice or sap. The term entered English in the late 16th century, initially used to describe plants with fleshy, water-storing tissues adapted to arid environments.

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