esculent

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Like a luscious, esculent morsel he rolled the words over and over.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

This has been one of the most remarkable potatoes known in the history of this esculent.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

Arracacha, ar-a-kach′�, n. an umbelliferous plant with esculent roots, native to the northern parts of South America.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The esculent swift, which furnishes in its edible nest the celebrated Chinese dainty, builds in caves in Ceylon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

In fact, the plants may be briefly described as more or less ornamental Onions, as they belong to the same family as this well-known esculent, and naturally possess a family likeness.

From Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air by Weathers, John