esculent

[ es-kyuh-luhnt ]

adjective

1. suitable for use as food; edible.

noun

1. something edible, especially a vegetable.

esculent

/ ˈɛskjʊlənt /

noun

1. any edible substance

adjective

1. edible

Word History and Origins

Origin of esculent¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of esculent¹

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

Example Sentences

Newsom trans-sends the singular self in the American transcendentalist manner—saying, with Walt Whitman, “I find I incorporate gneiss, coal, long-threaded moss, fruits, grains, esculent roots,/ And am stucco’d with quadrupeds and birds all over,/ And have distanced what is behind me for good reasons,/ But call any thing back again when I desire it.”

From Slate

It suits many of the esculent crops, as onions, beans, cabbages, carrots, beet-root, asparagus, &c.; the quantity applied varies from 5 to 10 bushels per acre.

From Project Gutenberg

This has been one of the most remarkable potatoes known in the history of this esculent.

From Project Gutenberg

They are among the most popular of old-time remedies for colds, having the advantage of always being readily procured, and it is said that affections of the lungs and liver have been largely benefited, and even cured, by a free use of this palatable esculent.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no more delicate and finely-flavored esculent to be found in our markets than the egg plant, when cooked in the right manner.

From Project Gutenberg