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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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