esculent
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The author will not assume the responsibility of instructing how to distinguish the esculent mushrooms.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
Of the esculent roots, the yam, dioscorea sativa, is the most valuable the island produces.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
Their agriculture was confined to the raising of sweet potatoes and the esculent taro, while their more substantial food consisted of fish, rats, wild fowl, and human flesh.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Maturin Murray Ballou
The soil is good, and wherever any attempts have been made to raise the esculent plants, etc., it has been found productive.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Alexander Mackenzie
Pork, accompanied by some green esculent, boiled, predominated.
From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various
