esculent
10 points
English
8 letters
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Definitions
Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish. Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones. Esculent swallow (Zoöl.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's- nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.
Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Pronunciation
/ɛskˈuːlʌnt/ · 3 syllables · CMUdict (BSD-3-Clause)
Rhymes
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