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esculent |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Esculent \Es"cu*lent\, n. Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
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