esculent
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This soup we divided among several messes that were hungrier than we were and our own mess, by pouring in each man's cup a portion of the esculent.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life by William H. Herndon
The Morchella deliciosa is highly esteemed as an esculent wherever eaten.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Turnip, tur′nip, n. a biennial plant, with lyrate hispid leaves, the upper part of the root becoming, esp. in cultivation, swollen and fleshy—cultivated as a culinary esculent, and for feeding cattle and sheep.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
It is very generally esteemed as an esculent among mycophagists.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Like a luscious, esculent morsel he rolled the words over and over.
From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by Everett MacDonald
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