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Webster 1913 Edition

Esculent

Es′cu-lent

,
Adj.
[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
(Zoöl.)
,
the swallow which makes the edible bird’s-nest. See
Edible bird's-nest
, under
Edible
.

Es′cu-lent

,
Noun.
Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

Webster 1828 Edition

Esculent

ES'CULENT

,
Adj.
[L. esculentus, from esca, food.] Eatable; that is or may be used by man for food; as esculent plants; esculent fish.

ES'CULENT

,
Noun.
Something that is eatable; that which is or may be safely eaten by man.

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