SUCCULENT

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. juicy; palatable.

2 colloq. desirable.

3 Bot. (of a plant, its leaves, or stems) thick and fleshy.

--n. Bot. a succulent plant, esp. a cactus.

Derivatives:

succulence n. succulently adv.

Etymology: L succulentus f. succus juice