[Formed as next: see -ENCE.] The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness. Also, succulent part.
1787. Marshall, Rur. Econ. Norfolk, I. 257. It is allowed to stand the winter better, and to preserve its firmness and succulence.
1824–9. Landor, Imag. Conv., Wks. 1846, II. 59. The latter math has less substance, succulence, and fragrance than the Summer crop.
1842. Loudon, Suburban Hort., 337. Though the fruit would be more numerous it would be deficient in succulence and flavour.
1883. G. Allen, in Nature, 29 March, 512. The succulence here acts as a reservoir for water.
