esculent
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Pliny, Galen, and Dioscorides mention various esculent species, notably varieties of the truffle, the boletus and the puff-ball, and Vittadini writes enthusiastically of the gastronomic qualities of a large number of species.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Among these are a variety of esculent plants and roots, yielding a nutritious and agreeable food.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch
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
The esculent vegetables now most in use were introduced in the reign of Elizabeth, and some sorts a great deal later.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
Many smaller gourds are cultivated in India and other hot climates, and some have been introduced into English gardens, rather for the beauty of their fruit and foliage than for their esculent qualities.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
