exsuccous

English

Alternative forms

• exuccous (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛksˈsʌkəs/

Adjective

exsuccous (comparative more exsuccous, superlative most exsuccous)

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)