esculent
16 synonyms and 2 antonyms for esculent, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Safe and fit to be eaten.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
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Less common
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Rare, literary or technical
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Safe and fit to be eaten.
“Nicolas Venette, French physician, refers to skirret, a plant that has esculent tubers, for its high aphrodisiac potential.”
Opposites
2. adj
(informal) Very attractive, as if good enough to eat.
Etymology
A learned borrowing formed from Latin ēsculentus ("fit for eating, eatable, edible; good to eat, delicious; nourishing; full of food") and English -ent (a suffix forming adjectives with the sense of causing, doing, or promoting a certain action). Ēsculentus itself is derived from ēsca ("food; dish prepared for the tabl...
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