Esculent /(?)/

Es·cu·lent

Esculent

a.
  1. Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.
    Esculent grain for food.
    — Sir W. Jones.

Phrases & Compounds

Esculent swallow
the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.

Esculent

n.
  1. Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.