Esculent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Esculent \Es"cu*lent\, n.
     Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely
     eaten by man.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Esculent grain for food.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Jones.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Esculent swallow} (Zo["o]l.), the swallow which makes the
        edible bird's-nest. See {Edible bird's-nest}, under
        {Edible}.
        [1913 Webster]