approval Succulent food, especially meat or vegetables, is juicy and good to eat. Cook pieces of succulent chicken with ample garlic and a little sherry
Succulents or succulent plants are types of plants which have thick, fleshy leaves. juicy and good to eat (suculentus, from sucus ). a plant such as a cactus which has thick soft leaves or stems that can hold a lot of liquid. Any plant with fleshy, thick tissues adapted to water storage. Some succulents (e.g., the cactus) store water only in the stem and have no leaves or very small leaves; others (e.g., agaves) store water mainly in the leaves. Most have deep or broad root systems and are native to either deserts or regions that have a semiarid season. In succulents, the stomata (see stoma) close during the day and open at night the opposite of the usual pattern in order to minimize transpiration