Esculent \Es"cu*lent\, a. [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 (Zo["o]l.), the swallow which makes the
edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under
Edible.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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