Exsuccous

//ɛksˈsʌkəs// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without juice or sap; completely dry.

    "1658: For that tree seeming dead, will restore it self from the root, and its dry and exuccous leaves resume their verdure again — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 34)"

Synonyms

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drysere

Antonyms

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moist

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"1658: For that tree seeming dead, will restore it self from the root, and its dry and exuccous leaves resume their verdure again — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 34)"

Etymology

Latin exsuccus, from ex- + succus ‘juice’.

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