Definition of Esculint
Es"cu*lent (?), a. [L.
esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr. esca food,
fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See Eat.]
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. Anything that is
fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- edible
- something edible; a comestible
*1997: Meanwhile, maize and morning glories, tomatoes and cherry trees, every flower and Esculent known to Linnæus, thriv'd. — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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