different between succulent vs stonecrop

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

Etymology

stone +? crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.

Noun

stonecrop (countable and uncountable, plural stonecrops)

1. Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum
   • 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

     A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the bows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed.

2. Certain plants of genus Lithospermum, in family Boraginaceae.

Derived terms

• ditch stonecrop
• Virginia stonecrop, Virginian stonecrop

Translations

Anagrams

• necropost