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“esculent”
esculent (adjective), more esculent, most esculent
Relating to something which is suitable to be used by people for food and so it is eatable: There are many esculent kinds of nutritious substances available for human consumption or drinking and ingesting.
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(Latin: food; good to eat, eatable, edible)
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“esculent”
1. The swallow that makes the edible bird's-nest.
2. The nest of a small swallow, or bird, of China and the neighboring countries which is mixed with soups.
2. The nest of a small swallow, or bird, of China and the neighboring countries which is mixed with soups.
The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of algae. They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance resemble isinglass.