Succulent plant
From Wikinfo
Succulent plants are plants that store water in their leaves or stems. Actually every plant stores water but succulent plants are specially adapted to store water for a longer periods.
There are succulent plants in many families, however for some families every member is succulent; for example the Cactaceae and Agavaceae.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Succulent_plant" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succulent_plant, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
