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esculent

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of esculent

comestible, eatable, eating, edible

Words Related to esculent

absorbable, chewable, digestible, ingestible, swallowable

nourishing, nutritious, nutritive

appetizing, delicious, flavorful, palatable, savory (also savoury), succulent, tasty, toothsome, toothy

Near Antonyms of esculent

indigestible, nondigestible, nonnutritious, undigestible

Antonyms of esculent

inedible, nonedible, uneatable

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