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esculent
es·cu·lent E0211000 (ĕs′kyə-lənt)adj. Suitable for eating; edible.
[Latin ēsculentus, from ēsca, food, from edere, ēs-, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.]
es′cu·lent n.esculent (ˈɛskjʊlənt) nany edible substanceadjedible[C17: from Latin ēsculentus good to eat, from ēsca food, from edere to eat]es•cu•lent (ˈɛs kyə lənt)
adj. 1. edible. n. 2. something edible, esp. a vegetable. [1615–25; < Latin ēsculentus edible, full of food] ThesaurusesculentadjectiveFit to be eaten:comestible, eatable, edible.nounSomething fit to be eaten:aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual.Slang: chow, eats, grub.Translationsesculent
es·cu·lent (es'kyū-lent), Edible; fit for eating. [L. esculentus, edible] esculent
Synonyms for esculentadj fit to be eatenSynonymsnoun something fit to be eatenSynonyms- aliment
- bread
- comestible
- diet
- edible
- fare
- food
- foodstuff
- meat
- nourishment
- nurture
- nutriment
- nutrition
- pabulum
- pap
- provender
- provision
- sustenance
- victual
- chow
- eats
- grub
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