esculent

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In fact, the plants may be briefly described as more or less ornamental Onions, as they belong to the same family as this well-known esculent, and naturally possess a family likeness.

From Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air by Weathers, John

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

The esculent vegetables now most in use were introduced in the reign of Elizabeth, and some sorts a great deal later.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

Spinach, Spinage, spin′āj, n. an esculent vegetable whose thick succulent young leaves are boiled and seasoned, or fried with butter, forming a wholesome dish.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett