esculent

esculent

adjective

Definition of ESCULENT

suitable for use as food <harvesting wild mushrooms is no business for amateurs, since some of the esculent ones closely resemble poisonous varieties>

Synonyms comestible, eatable, eating, esculent

Related Words absorbable, chewable, digestible, ingestible, swallowable; nourishing, nutritious, nutritive; appetizing, delicious, flavorful, palatable, savory (also savoury), succulent, tasty, toothsome, toothy

Near Antonyms indigestible, nondigestible, nonnutritious, undigestible

Antonyms inedible, nonedible, uneatable