noun
- edible plants or vegetables; things suitable for eating
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- The botanist catalogued various esculents found in the forest.
- Ancient peoples relied on wild esculents for sustenance.
- The garden was filled with common esculents like carrots and lettuce.
- She studied the nutritional value of native esculents.
- The cookbook featured recipes using seasonal esculents.
- Foragers must learn to distinguish between esculents and poisonous plants.