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esculent, a. and n. (ˈɛskjʊlənt) [ad. L. esculent-us, f. esca food.] A. adj. 1. Suitable for food, eatable.1626 Bacon Sylva §630 A Number of Herbs are not Esculent at all. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters III. 238 The gardens afford good supplies of the best esculent vegetables. 1813 Bingley Anim. Biog. (e...
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The Propitious Esculent
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 It was also published under the titles The Untold History of the Potato and Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent.
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EATING Synonyms: 224 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for EATING: edible, eatable, delicious, flavorful, comestible, nourishing, nutritious, esculent; Antonyms of EATING: inedible, uneatable, nonedible ...
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poculent
† ˈpoculent, a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. pōculentus drinkable.] Fit for drinking; furnishing drink.1626 Bacon Sylva §630 Some of those Herbs, which are not Esculent, are notwithstanding Poculent; As Hops, Broom.
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Charles David Badham
Dr Badham was more successful as a mycologist, writing a well-received Treatise on the esculent funguses of England, published in 1847. A treatise on the esculent funguses of England. 138 pp. London: Reeve Bros
Badham, C.D. (1854).
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inesculent
inesculent, a. (ɪnˈɛskjʊlənt) [in-3.] Not esculent, not used for food; inedible.1831 T. L. Peacock Crotchet Castle ii. (1887) 29, I care not a rush (or any other aquatic and inesculent vegetable) who or what sucks up either the water or the infection.
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Eleazar Albin
The History of Esculent Fish" (1794).
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esculency
† ˈesculency Obs. rare—1. [f. next: see -ency.] The quality of being esculent or eatable.1651 Biggs New Disp. 197 Though lesse commodious for esculency.
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Bernard McMahon
Ann Leighton notes the absence of Indian corn among the "Seeds of Esculent Vegetables" in 1806, though he lists old-fashioned favorites like coriander,
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salsify
salsify (ˈsælsɪfɪ) Also 7 salsifax, (salsfy), 8 sassafy, salsafay, 8–9 salsafy. [a. F. salsifis (in the 16–17th c. variously sercifi, serquify, sassify, sassefy, sassefique, sassefrique), believed to be corruptly ad. It. sassefrica, of unknown origin. Cf. Sp. salsifi, Pg. sersifim.] 1. A biennial co...
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Leucaena
. – Esculent leadtree (Mexican highlands)
Leucaena greggii S.Watson (Mexico)
Leucaena involucrata Zárate (Mexico)
Leucaena lanceolata S.Watson (Western
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tereti-
tereti- (ˈtɛrɪtɪ) combining form of L. teres, teret-, terete; used in a few scientific terms. ˌteretiˈcaudate a. [L. cauda tail], having a rounded tail, round-tailed (Cent. Dict.). ˌteretiˈfolious a. [L. folium leaf], having terete leaves. ˌteretiproˈnator, the round pronating muscle of the forearm ...
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Leucoagaricus badhamii
Badhamii is named for the British writer, physician, entomologist and mycologist Charles David Badham, author of the 1847 text Treatise on the Esculent
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inedible
inedible, a. (ɪnˈɛdɪb(ə)l) [in-3.] Not edible; unfit to be eaten.1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 218 Inedible fungi mistaken for esculent mushrooms. 1855 Bailey Mystic 31 The inedible fruit of immortality. Hence inediˈbility, the quality of being inedible.1882 A. R. Wallace in Nature XXVI. 87/2...
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