Definition of "esculent" [es•cu•lent]

• Suitable for eating; edible. (adjective)

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• "It is respecting a foreign species of _hirundines_, called the esculent martin."
• "The bird is called the esculent swallow, and the trade in this strange article of diet is a very large one."
• "The principal vegetables are Badanjan (Egg-plant), the Bamiyah (a kind of esculent hibiscus, called Bhendi in India), and Mulukhiyah"