Esculents [adjective]

This is an esculent resembling arrowroot, which they dig, pulverize, and use as flour.

Miller observes, that it was formerly cultivated as an esculent plant, the green pods being dressed and eaten as peas.

From the above it will be seen that this esculent contains no nitrogen.

Taste: Sweet, which applies only to the pink or white condition, at which time alone the species is considered esculent.

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

The fruits are esculent, but the involucres are the part chiefly used, for making necklaces and other ornaments.

My friend sups late; he eats some strong soup, then a lobster, then some tart, and he dilutes these esculent varieties with wine.

It is a rule that nothing so stimulates the production of cream in the financial pastures as that curious esculent the greenback.

Crescentius dilates upon horticulture, and gives a pretty long list of herbs both esculent and medicinal.

Rampion, ram′pi-on, n. a perennial plant with esculent root.