esculent
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Authors differ widely as to the value of this species as an esculent.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
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
It suits many of the esculent crops, as onions, beans, cabbages, carrots, beet-root, asparagus, &c.; the quantity applied varies from 5 to 10 bushels per acre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
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
The esculent swift, so called from the fact that its nests are edible, builds at the sides of almost inaccessible cliffs, a habit which renders the collection of these singular dainties very dangerous.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
