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Meanings of esculent in English

That can be eaten without harm, non-toxic to humans; suitable for consumption.

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Examples for "edible"
Examples for "edible"
1
The following year, edible and drinkable products are expected to become legal.
Reuters
2
Higher crude raises the case for edible oil use in competing biofuels.
Reuters
3
In fact, he hadn't seen anything edible so far on the trip.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
4
They knew that only Italian food, prepared by Italian hands, was edible.
New york: the novel
5
He's certainly the first person to present edible mining machinery for consideration.
The Guardian
1
Of the eatable part of the lunch some relics were yet left.
"I Say No"
2
Almost everything eatable within the precincts of the city had been consumed.
The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
3
These plants only grew in a wild state, and were not eatable.
Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
4
Bread was needed, everything eatable was needed; he would pay without haggling.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
5
They picked up all the pemmican and biscuit that was still eatable.
The English at the North Pole / Part I of the Adventures of Capt...
Usage of esculent in English
1
The esculent martin is said to less in size than the wren.
Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side
2
SALSIFY.-Thisesculent is, for the sake of its roots, cultivated in gardens.
The Book of Household Management
3
It is of little value as an esculent, and is rarely cultivated.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
4
Millet is an esculent grain, originally brought from the Eastern countries.
A Catechism of Familiar Things; / Their History, and the Events ...
5
The flesh particularly on the breast, is fat and esculent.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
6
To these crops may be added peas, beans and many herbs and esculent roots.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
7
Other plants of this tribe are esculent vegetables, as the Spinach, Beet, and Orach.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
8
Among esculent vegetables, the Lettuce, Salsify, Scorzonera, Cardoon, and Artichoke belong to the family.
The Book of Household Management
9
There is one very homely esculent which we crave in the camp- Imeanthe onion.
Frank's Campaign; Or, The Farm and the Camp
10
All that they had, however, were some few esculent roots and several bags of pine-nuts.
Four Months Among the Gold-Finders in Alta California / Being th...
11
Every lover of that invaluable esculent has reason to remember with gratitude the settlers of Londonderry.
Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
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There is an esculent nillho which grows in the forest in the bottoms of the swampy ravines.
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
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It is a hardy, annual plant; and its cultivation and use as an esculent are almost universal.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
14
Besides the radishes already mentioned, there is an extensive cultivation of various other esculent roots and vegetables.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 448 / Volume 18, New Series, J...
15
A rare, richly colored, and beautiful pepper, but not cultivated or of much value as an esculent.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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Butomus esculent; Lotus of Egypt; Nymphæa
The Botanic Garden. Part II. / Containing the Loves of the Plant...
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