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succulent
A plant that has swollen leaves or a stem and is thus adapted to living in arid regions. Cacti are the most familiar succulents but representatives occur in other families, notably the Crassulaceae (stonecrops and houseleeks) and Aizoaceae (living stones, memsembryanthemum). Many succulents have attractive foliage and colorful, though often short-lived, flowers. In flowers, the slender column of tissue that arises from the top of the ovary and through which the pollen tube grows.
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