Esculent
Esculent , adjective
[Latin esculentus, from escare to eat, from esca food, from edere to eat: compare French esculent. See Eat.]
Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.
Esculent grain for food.
Collocations (1)
Esculent swallow (Zoology) , the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.
Esculent , noun
Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.