a. 可食用的

n. 可食用物

[医] 可食的

Esculent \Es"cu*lent\, a. [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr.
esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See {Eat}.]
Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as,
esculent plants; esculent fish.

Esculent grain for food. --Sir W.
Jones.

{Esculent swallow} (Zo["o]l.), the swallow which makes the
edible bird's-nest. See {Edible bird's-nest}, under
{Edible}.


Esculent \Es"cu*lent\, n.
Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely
eaten by man.