esculent

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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

Arracacha, ar-a-kach′�, n. an umbelliferous plant with esculent roots, native to the northern parts of South America.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

Pork, accompanied by some green esculent, boiled, predominated.

From Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse by Various

Their agriculture was confined to the raising of sweet potatoes and the esculent taro, while their more substantial food consisted of fish, rats, wild fowl, and human flesh.

From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray