英文词源
- succulent (adj.)
- c. 1600, from French succulent (16c.), from Latin succulentus "having juice, juicy," from succus "juice, sap;" related to sugere "to suck," and possibly cognate with Old English socian "to soak," sucan "to suck" (see sup (v.2)). The noun meaning "plant with juicy tissues" is from 1825.
中文词源
来自拉丁语 succus,汁液，来自 PIE*sug,吸，来自 PIE*seue,汁液，液体，词源同 suck,soak,soup. 即多汁的，引申词义肉质的，后用于生物学类属指肉质植物。
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