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succulency|ˈsʌkjʊlənsɪ|
[ad. med.L. succulentia, f. succulentus: see next and -ency.]
= prec.
1616Donne Serm. Prov. xxii. 11 (1661) III. 330 Pith and marrow to give a succulencie, and nourishment, even to the bones, to the strength and obduration of sin. a1620J. Dyke Sel. Serm. (1640) 271 The..chewing of the meate..expresses.. the juyce and succulency of it. 1664Beale in Evelyn's Pomona 25 [Quinces] will bear with some degrees of hungry land, if they be supplied with a due measure of succulency, and neighbouring moisture. 1738Kinneir Ess. Nerves 55 The succulency of the Nerves in a healthy man, depends upon the goodness and due quantity of the blood, that enters the vessels of the brain. 1815Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1816) I. 321 These branches..are..exposed to the open air under a shed, where from their succulency they [sc. cochineal insects] continue to live for several months. 1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 437 The nature of the changes intended to be made on them by cultivation, such as blanching, succulency, magnitude, &c. 1890H. M. Stanley Darkest Africa II. xxx. 297 The grass was void of succulency and nutriment. |