ESCULENT

Etymology

Adjective

esculent (comparative more esculent, superlative most esculent)

Edible.

"Good enough to eat": attractive.

Noun

esculent (plural esculents)

Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible.

(mycophagy) An edible mushroom.

Coordinate terms

• poculent

Anagrams

• Lucentes, unselect

Source: Wiktionary


Es"cu*lent, a. Etym: [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr. esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See Eat.]

Definition: Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish. Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones. Esculent swallow (Zoöl.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's- nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.

Es"cu*lent, n.

Definition: Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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