esculent

[ es-kyuh-luhnt ]
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adjective
  1. suitable for use as food; edible.

noun
  1. something edible, especially a vegetable.

Origin of esculent

1
First recorded in 1615–25; from Latin ēsculentus “edible, full of food,” equivalent to ēsc(a) “food” (cf. escarole) + -ulentus -ulent

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How to use esculent in a sentence

  • Airy figures of phenomenal esculents float dreamily before our half-shut eyes, and vanish ere perfect vision can catch them.

  • Of true Polyporus, only two or three species have been regarded favourably as esculents.

    Fungi: Their Nature and Uses | Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
  • She has, however, taken one enormous fee from a bon vivant, whose life she saved by esculents.

    The Woman-Hater | Charles Reade
  • At this elevation grain is rarely planted, though I was told potatoes and other esculents are not difficult to raise.

    The Land of Thor | J. Ross Browne
  • With the exception of these few esculents, the environs of Tolon-Noor produce absolutely nothing whatever.

British Dictionary definitions for esculent

esculent

/ (ˈɛskjʊlənt) /


noun
  1. any edible substance

adjective
  1. edible

Origin of esculent

1
C17: from Latin ēsculentus good to eat, from ēsca food, from edere to eat

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