[
US
/ˈsəkjəɫɪnt/
]
[ UK /sˈʌkjʊlənt/ ]
[ UK /sˈʌkjʊlənt/ ]
NOUN
- a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
ADJECTIVE
-
tender and full of juice
succulent roast beef
lush fruits
succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves
How To Use succulent In A Sentence
- Described as plump, fleshy, bitter, salty and succulent all at once, their taste remains on the palate long after swallowing.
- The tuna was succulent and fresh and the garnishes were cut after I'd ordered it rather than having sat before my arrival.
- However, even the wisdom of a political boss is not infallible, and despite the succulent graces of the barbecue numbers of the ascetic and jeans-clad elder worthies, though fed to repletion, collogued unhappily together among the ox-teams and canvas-hooded wagons on the slope, commenting sourly on the frivolity of the dance. Una Of The Hill Country 1911
- It's not just about texture though: not only does meat cooked on the bone tend to be more flavourful, but, in marked contrast to much modern pork, that around the ribs is marbled with fat, which means it's always succulent – even more so with spare ribs, the larger, meatier kind most familiar to us as the obligatory meat element of Mixed Starter number 2. How to cook perfect barbecue ribs
- Ensure a moist and succulent roast with this baster, complete with injector needle for infusing flavor right into the meat.
- A feeling of drowsiness steals over me; that succulent cold chikor, followed by a generous slice of cake upon which I so nobly lunched, clouds somewhat my active faculties, and the article -- "A Bear Battue in the A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil
- Here's the most succulent bit: Distinctions between the body and landscape will be blurred in the new practice of geomedicine and the related science of medical geology. Archive 2006-04-01
- And so it went, verses new and old, verses without end, all in glorification of the succulent shellfish of Carmel. CHAPTER VIII
- The wait for ribs and sliced pork yielded plates of succulent meat accompanied by chunky homemade potato salad and fried okra.
- Even as it was carried across the room, it was clear that the crimson-red saddle of marinated venison was exceptionally succulent.