esculent

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Mr. Morris assures me, that he has found the nests of the Esculent Swallow eighty miles distant from the sea.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Esculent, es′kū-lent, adj. eatable: fit to be used for food by man.—n. something that is eatable.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Esculent vegetables are various: Rice, which forms the chief part of the African's sustenance.

From Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa by Corry, Joseph

In concluding this account of the nests of birds, I may notice here the nest of the Hirundo esculenta, or Esculent Swallow, an inhabitant of China and the Islands of the Indian Ocean.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 361, Supplementary Issue (1829) by Various

The Esculent Funguses of England": "I have myself witnessed whole hundredweights of rich, wholesome diet rotting under trees, woods teeming with food, and not one hand to gather it. . . .

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson