adj
esculent
Esculent (adj) means Safe and fit to be eaten.
adj
1
Safe and fit to be eaten.
"Nicolas Venette, French physician, refers to skirret, a plant that has esculent tubers, for its high aphrodisiac potential."
— Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs (1961)
"But beyond plants esculent and floral, John Quincey Adams favored trees."
— Marta McDowell, Gentleman’s Occupation: 1810s–1830s (2016)
"Biogeographical factors, particularly the absence of an indigenous land mammal fauna and a mild oceanic climate, are suggested as the reasons why the New Zealand flora has not provided significant esculent plants."
— W. Harris, Domestication of the New Zealand Flora—an Alternative View (1992)
2
(informal) Very attractive, as if good enough to eat.
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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 table; bait"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- ("to eat"), and -ulentus (a suffix meaning 'abounding in, full of' forming adjectives).
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What is the meaning of esculent?
"esculent" (adj) means safe and fit to be eaten.
What is another word for esculent?
Other words for "esculent" include edible, eatable, consumable, palatable, comestible, divine.
What is the opposite of esculent?
Opposites of "esculent" include inedible, uneatable.
What are the different meanings of esculent?
"esculent" has 2 main meanings: 1. Safe and fit to be eaten; 2. (informal) Very attractive, as if good enough to eat.
