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esculents

esculents is the plural of esculent.

Meaning of esculent

Noun

esculent (plural esculents)

  1. (formal) Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible.
    • Thou neuer hadſt in thy houſe to ſtay mens ſtomackes / A peece of Suffolke cheeſe, or Gammon of Bacon, / Or any eſculent, as the learned call it, / For their emolument, but ſheere drinke only.1625 (date written), Philip Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old Debts: A Comœdie […], London: […] E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seyle, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii
  2. (formal, specifically) An edible mushroom.
    • In a raw state, a piece the size of a pea of either of the three fungi above-mentioned, if placed on the tongue, would cause intolerable agony. Possibly if well cooked some of the poisonous principles might vanish, but we question whether such species should be mentioned amongst esculents in a...1887 January, W. G. S., “Text-book of British Fungi. By W. De Lisle Hay [i.e., William Delisle Hay], F.R.G.S. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co. [book review]”, in James Britten, editor, The Journal of...

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Questions about esculents

What is esculents the plural of?
Esculents is the plural of esculent.

Words near esculents in the dictionary

  1. esculent swallows
  2. esculentin
  3. esculentins
  4. esculentoside
  5. esculentosides
  6. esculents
  7. esculetin
  8. esculic acid
  9. esculin
  10. esculinase
  11. esculinases

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