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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Esculent

/ĕs-ko͞ol'-ənt/ · Es·cu·lent · IPA /ˈɛskjələnt/
01 a. Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.
  1. 1.
    Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.
    “Esculent grain for food.” — Sir W. Jones.
Phrases & compounds
Esculent swallow — the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.
02 n. Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
  1. 1.
    Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.