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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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