esculent's Usage Examples:

The Propitious Esculent: The Potato in World History is a book by John Reader outlining the role of the potato (the esculent of the title) in world history.

more successful as a mycologist, writing a well-received Treatise on the esculent funguses of England, published in 1847.

plain and easy account of the British fungi, with descriptions of the esculent and poisonous species, details of the principles of scientific classification.

leadtree (Southern Mexico, Central America) Leucaena esculenta (DC.

1873) A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi: with descriptions of the esculent and poisonous species .

originated what Joseph Needham called the "Esculentist Movement"—from the word esculent "edible; comestible"—of medieval Chinese botanical research into wild food.

edere, esus comedo, comestible, edacity, edibility, edible, escarole, esculent, esurience, esurient, inedia, inedible, inescation, inescate, obese, obesity.

of Hussey's illustrations were published as plates in A treatise on the esculent funguses of England by Charles David Badham.

species of corn and their husbandry is confined to a few coarse fruits and esculent green vegetables and farinaceous roots.

and it has even been proposed to take pigs, for the sake of finding out esculent roots in the soil.

land, producing large crops of corn, beans, melons, pumpkins, and other esculent vegetables.