esculent

n. தீனி, உண்ணத்தக்கது, (பெ.) மனிதனால் உண்ணத்தக்க.

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Es"cu*lent, a. Etym: [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr. esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See Eat.] Defn: 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. Es"cu*lent, n. Defn: Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.