esculent

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Different authors write with enthusiasm of the merits of the giant puff-ball as an esculent.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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 Taylor, Thomas

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 Bulfinch, Thomas

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