definition of opulent
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affluent rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent mean having goods, property, and money in abundance. rich implies having more than enough to gratify normal needs or desires. became rich through shrewd investing
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- adjective. 1  Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion: a lavish buffet. 2  Immoderate in giving or bestowing; unstinting: The critics were lavish with their praise.
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- Examples of succulent in a Sentence. 1  vines weighted down with plump, succulent grapes. 2  a buffet table set with an array of succulent roasts.
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terrarium (tə-râr′ē-əm) n. pl. ter·rar·i·ums or ter·rar·i·a (-ē-ə) A small enclosure or closed container in which selected living plants and sometimes small land animals, such as turtles and lizards, are kept and observed.
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Succulent plant However, in botanical terminology, cacti are succulents. Horticulturists may also exclude other groups of plants, e.g., bromeliads. A practical, but unscientific, horticultural definition is a succulent plant is any desert plant that a succulent plant collector wishes to grow.n horticultural use, the term succulent is often used in a way which excludes plants that botanists would regard as succulents, such as cacti. Succulents are often grown as ornamental plants because of their striking and unusual appearance. About 60 different plant families contain succulents.
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- The definition of audacious is bold, daring or fearless. 1  Wearing a very low cut dress to a conservative event is an example of audacious. 2  A shy housewife traveling to a war torn country alone is an example of an audacious act. 3  bold or daring; fearless.
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The Genus Opuntia Family Cactaceae Opuntia is a large genus of plants native to North America and South America. All have succulent stems, some of them becoming woody with age. Stems may be cylindrical or flattened pads. Tiny, succulent leaves may be present on the newest growth (see photo below.) Most species are spiny.
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- op·pro·bri·ous. adj. 1. Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive: opprobrious epithets. 2. Bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous: opprobrious conduct.
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endive A plant (Cichorium endivia) in the composite family, of South Asian origin, having curled or ruffled leaves with a bitter flavor, cultivated as a salad green. 2. A variety of the common chicory (Cichorium intybus) cultivated to produce a narrow, pointed, blanched cluster of leaves used in salads. Also called Belgian endive, witloof. [Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin endivia, from Medieval Greek entubia, pl.
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Outline of domestic violence Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions, and anxiety.
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Words near arid in the dictionary An arid landscape. The definition of arid is land that does not have enough water to support the growth of plants. A desert is an example of an arid land. arid. arid.
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Definition of âoppressionâ - English Dictionary oppression noun [ U ] (RULE) › a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom: Every human being has the right to freedom from oppression. War, famine and oppression have forced people in the region to flee from their homes. the oppression of women.
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Botany 115 Vegetative Terminology B: A cholla cactus (Opuntia) showing a cluster of spines arising in the axil of a small caducous (early deciduous) leaf. The spines develop from a meristematic growth center called the areole. In cholla cactus the areole and spine cluster occur on a raised, domelike or elongate area called the tubercle.
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- Define succulence: the state of being succulent; succulent feed — succulence in a sentence the state of being succulent; succulent feed… See the full definition
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oppression Definition of oppression. 1  1a : unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power the continuing oppression of the … underclasses — H. A. Danielsb : something that oppresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of power unfair taxes and other oppressions. 2 : a sense of being weighed down in body or mind : depression an oppression of spirits.
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Definition of âoppressionâ - English Dictionary oppressionnoun [ U ] uk ​ /əˈpreʃ.ən/ us ​ /əˈpreʃ.ən/. oppression noun [ U ] (RULE) › a situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom: Every human being has the right to freedom from oppression. War, famine and oppression have forced people in the region to flee from their homes.
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Growing Succulents in the Desert Column Von Willert et al. (1992) define a succulent as any plant that possesses a succulent tissue, which is ... a living tissue that... serves and guarantees a ...temporary storage of utilizable water, which makes the plant... temporarily independent from external water supply....
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What is a Succulent Plant What are succulent plants? The meaning of succulent as it relates to food is juicy or tender. The definition of succulent plants is similar: plants that store water in leaves, stems, or both. There are many different types, species, and cultivars of them all, in a fascinating assortment of shapes, sizes, colors, and unique features ranging from frills to spines and beautiful flowers.
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-ous -ous definition, a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of” a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous, and its variant -ious, have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannot be directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous).
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odious The definition of odious is something that is extremely unpleasant or hated. An example of odious is the taste of rotten milk. arousing or deserving hatred or loathing; disgusting; offensive. Origin of odious.
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oppress To oppress is usually to subject (a people) to burdens, to undue exercise of authority, and the like; its chief application, therefore, is to a social or political situation: a tyrant oppressing his subjects.
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- vulgar often implies boorishness or ill-breeding. gross implies extreme coarseness and insensitiveness. obscene applies to anything strongly repulsive to the sense of decency and propriety especially in sexual matters. ribald applies to what is amusingly or picturesquely vulgar or irreverent or mildly indecent.ulgar often implies boorishness or ill-breeding. gross implies extreme coarseness and insensitiveness. obscene applies to anything strongly repulsive to the sense of decency and propriety especially in sexual matters. ribald applies to what is amusingly or picturesquely vulgar or irreverent or mildly indecent.
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endive 1. a composite plant, Cichorium endivia, having a rosette of often curly-edged leaves used in salads. 2. Also called Belgian endive. a young chicory plant deprived of light to form a narrow head of whitish leaves, eaten in salads or cooked.
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exquisite exquisite. adj. 1. possessing qualities of unusual delicacy and fine craftsmanship: jewels in an exquisite setting. 2. extremely beautiful and pleasing: an exquisite face. 3. outstanding or excellent: an exquisite victory.
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ornate ornate - marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; a flowery speech; ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato-John Milton. flowery. rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; mere rhetorical frippery.