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es⋅cu⋅lent
[es-kyuh-luh
nt] 
–adjective
| 1. | suitable for use as food; edible. |
–noun
| 2. | something edible, esp. a vegetable. |
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| es·cu·lent (ěs'kyə-lənt) adj. Suitable for eating; edible. [Latin ēsculentus, from ēsca, food, from edere, ēs-, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.] es'cu·lent n. |
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Esculent
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 (Zo["o]l.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.Esculent
Es"cu*lent\, n. Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: es·cu·lent
Pronunciation: 'es-ky&-l&nt
Function: adjective
: being edible —esculent noun
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