单词 | stem succulent |
释义 | > as lemmasstem succulent stem succulent n. a plant chiefly native to dry regions, distinguished by a fleshy stem and often very small leaves or spines. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > succulent plant succulent1824 stem succulent1897 1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants I. iii. 182 In the stem-succulents the leaves are reduced to scales or thorns. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo xvi. 258 It is the stem-succulents..that are the most typical of Cranemere—Euphorbias, Stapeliads, and other such..most of them leafless, the work of the leaves being done by the stems and so protected from excessive transpiration; or bearing leaves for a short time only. < as lemmas |
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