esculent

Example Sentences

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They will command a high price as an esculent, and perhaps a higher, if they are preserved for the purposes of seed.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various

It is very generally esteemed as an esculent among mycophagists.

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

This has been one of the most remarkable potatoes known in the history of this esculent.

From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various

Like a luscious, esculent morsel he rolled the words over and over.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett