Succulent plants improperly, succulent plants are called those plants endowed with particular `succulent` fabrics, the aquifer parenchyma, through which they can store large quantities of water. The water absorbed during periods of rain is wisely administered, during periods of drought, migrating to each district of the plant`s body that requires it. Due to the presence of the succulent tissue, the leaves, stems and roots of these plants become fleshy and enlarged, assuming - depending on the type - typical shapes such as spherical, columnar, rosette-shaped, flattened, etc. Succulents are often indicated, erroneously, with the generic term cactus, which in reality refers to a specific family of such plants, all originating in the Americas. While almost all cacti are succulent, not all succulents are cacti.
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