different between succulent vs ocotillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French succulent, from Latin succulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?kj?l?nt/

Adjective

succulent (comparative more succulent, superlative most succulent)

1. Juicy or lush.
2. Luscious or delectable.
3. (botany) Having fleshy leaves or other tissues that store water.

Translations

Noun

succulent (plural succulents)

1. A succulent plant.

   Hyponyms: cactus, dragon tree

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin succulentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.ky?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: suc?cu?lent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

succulent (comparative succulenter, superlative succulentst)

1. succulent, juicy

   Synonym: sappig

2. (botany) succulent (storing water in leaves or other tissue)

Inflection

Noun

succulent m (plural succulenten, diminutive succulentje n)

1. succulent plant

   Synonym: vetplant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.ky.l??/

Adjective

succulent (feminine singular succulente, masculine plural succulents, feminine plural succulentes)

1. succulent (all senses)

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From American Spanish ocotillo, from ocote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k??t?l??/, /??k??ti?(j)??/

Noun

ocotillo (plural ocotillos)

1. Any of various succulent plants unrelated to the cactus, in the genus Fouquieria, especially Fouquieria splendens, living in Central America or the southwest United States.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 731:

     It had rained in the night, and some of the ocotillo fences had sprouted some green.

Synonyms

• boojum tree, coachwhip, Jacob's staff, vine cactus

Spanish

Etymology

From ocote + -illo.

Pronunciation

Noun

ocotillo m (plural ocotillos)

1. (Mexico) ocotillo